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September 1, 1998European Heart JournalOpen Access

Heart rate variability and heart rate in healthy volunteers. Is the female autonomic nervous system cardioprotective?

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Population

276 healthy subjects (135 women, 141 men) between 18 and 71 years of age

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

DRDirk Ramaekers

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Overview

Supports sex-specific HRV reference values; leaves open whether lower sympathetic modulation contributes to women's lower CV risk.

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Population
276 healthy subjects (135 women, 141 men) between 18 and 71 years of age
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Outcome
24 h heart rate and heart rate variabilitysurrogate

Healthy women exhibit lower cardiac autonomic modulation and sympathetic activity compared to men, which may contribute to their lower cardiovascular risk.

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Dirk Ramaekers (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d70b833e2df9c962f8545https://doi.org/10.1053/euhj.1998.1084
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