Ethnic differences in resting heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-25

  Hill, Labarron K ^a,b   Hu, Dixie D ^c   Koenig, Julian ^c   Sollers, John J ^d   Kapuku, Gaston ^e   Wang, Xiaoling ^e   Snieder, Harold ^e,f   Thayer, Julian F ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Health disparities; Heart rate variability; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925936099     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000133     Document Type: Review

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