Association of predeployment heart rate variability with risk of postdeployment posttraumatic stress disorder in active-duty marines

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 979-986

  Minassian, Arpi ^a,b   Maihofer, Adam X ^a,b   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b,c,d,e   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a,b,c,d,e   Geyer, Mark A ^b,c,d   Risbrough, Victoria B ^a,b,c,d,e   Hauger, Richard L ^d,e   Huang, Mingxiong ^d,e   Murphy, Jennifer A ^f   Naviaux, Robert K ^d   Yurgil, Kate ^d,e   Patel, Anjana ^g   De La Rosa, Andrew ^g   Gorman, Patricia ^g  

^a San Diego University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Vet Aff Ctr of Excellence for Stress and Mental Hlth Within the Vet Aff S Diego Hlthcare Syst   (United States)

^f Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943575816     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0922     Document Type: Article

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