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Heritability of heart rate variability: the Framingham Heart Study.
Circulation - 4 May 1999
Singh J P, Larson M G, O'Donnell C J, Tsuji H, Evans J C, Levy D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is evolving evidence that heart rate (HR) is genetically determined. Heart rate variability (HRV) measured by power spectral analysis provides quantitative phenotypic markers of autonomic nervous system activity. Reported determinants of HR and HRV only partially explain their variability in the population. The purpose of this study was to assess the heritability of HR and HRV and estimate the...
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