December 1, 1999SLEEPOpen Access

Heart Rate Variability During Waking and Sleep in Healthy Males and Females

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Population

24 healthy adults (14 females and 10 males)

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

one night

Authors

SESigrid ElsenbruchUniversity Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum MHMichael J. HarnishUniversity of Lübeck WOWilliam C. OrrSouthern Methodist University

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Implication

REM sympathetic dominance, stronger in males, may inform sex-specific sleep arrhythmia screening; leaves open causal CV outcome links.

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Population

24 healthy adults (14 females and 10 males)

Outcome

Heart rate variability (high frequency band power, low frequency band power, and LF/HF ratio) during waking, stage 2 sleep, stage 4 sleep, and REM sleepsurrogate

Autonomic activity changes significantly across sleep stages, with REM sleep characterized by increased sympathetic dominance that is more pronounced in healthy males compared to females.

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Elsenbruch et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f443e656912cbbf429a306 https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/22.8.1067

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Heart Rate Variability During Waking and Sleep in Healthy Males and Females

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Heart Rate Variability During Waking and Sleep in Healthy Males and Females

Discussion

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Structured PICO

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