The smoking habit negatively influences autonomic heart control in community-dwelling elderly adults

Objective: The present study aimed to analyze the influence of smoking on heart autonomic control in elderly adults who did and did not smoke. Methods: In a population-based study, all community-dwelling elderly adults (≥60 years old) from Aiquara, Bahia, Brazil, were invited to participate in the s...

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Main Authors: Edvar Pereira Nascimento Júnior, Ícaro J.S. Ribeiro, Ivna Vidal Freire, Rafael da Silva Passos, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Rafael Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966616302196