Pregnant mothers with resolved anxiety disorders and their offspring have reduced heart rate variability: Implications for the health of children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Braeken, Marijke A K A ^a,b   Kemp, Andrew H ^c,d,e   Outhred, Tim ^c,d   Otte, Renée A ^a   Monsieur, Geert J Y J ^a,f   Jones, Alexander ^g   Van Den Bergh, Bea R H ^a,f  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEMPERAMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; TEMPERAMENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892380754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083186     Document Type: Article

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