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Does greater physical activity improve indices of autonomic function in older adults?
Does greater physical activity improve indices of autonomic function in older adults?
Habitual physical activity in older adults is associated with improved autonomic function, suggesting a potential mechanism for its cardiovascular mortality benefits.
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May support autonomic function as a mechanism for activity benefits in older adults; hypothesis-generating pending randomized trials.
Greater total leisure-time activity, and walking alone, as well, were prospectively associated with more favorable and specific indices of autonomic function in older adults, including several suggestive of more normal circadian fluctuations and less erratic sinoatrial firing. Our results suggest potential mechanisms that might contribute to lower cardiovascular mortality with habitual physical activity later in life.
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