Impact of malnutrition on cardiac autonomic modulation in children,

Abstract Objective: To compare the autonomic behavior between malnourished children and a control group using analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). Method: Data were analyzed from 70 children who were divided into two groups: malnourished and eutrophic, according to the Z-score nutritional sta...

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Main Authors: Gláucia Siqueira Carvalho Barreto, Franciele Marques Vanderlei, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Álvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572016000700638&lng=en&tlng=en