Three-year follow-up studies on heart rate variability in nursing home residents.
The coefficient of variation of the R-R interval (CV value) of nursing home residents was investigated twice during a three-year period. The initial CV value of the deceased during the period was significantly lower than that of the survivors. Among the survivors, residents without chronic cerebrovascular disease mainly showed a decrease in their CV values during the period.
Nagatomo
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Nomaguchi
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Matsumoto
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D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D015996:Survival Rate