Resting and ambulatory heart rate variability in chronic anorexia nervosa.
Heart rate variability was measured at rest and during ambulation in 6 women with anorexia nervosa. Compared with 10 nonanorexic women controls, resting and ambulatory measures of heart rate variability tended to be lower in patients, despite no differences in resting heart rate.
Melanson
Edward Louis
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Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. ed.melanson@uchsc.edu
Donahoo
William Troy
WT
Krantz
Mori Jacob
MJ
Poirier
Paul
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Mehler
Philip Sydney
PS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*; D016387:Women's Health