Article
Inheritance of heart rate variability: the kibbutzim family study.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Sinnreich R, Friedlander Y, Luria M H, Sapoznikov D, Kark J D
Abstract excerpt
Heart rate variability (HRV) measures are associated with coronary heart disease incidence and mortality. Therefore insight into the genetic and environmental determinants of these measures may have clinical relevance. We assessed the role of genetic and environmental factors of time domain and frequency domain HRV indices. Participants were 451 kibbutz members, aged 15 and up, belonging to 80 families. HRV...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Heart Rate
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Israel
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors
