Analysis of cardiac autonomic modulation in obese and eutrophic children

INTRODUCTION: Obesity causes alterations in cardiac autonomic function. However, there are scarce and conflicting data on this function with regard to heart rate variability in obese children. OBJECTIVE: To compare the autonomic function of obese and eutrophic children by analyzing heart rate variab...

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Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Carlos Marcelo Pastre, Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior, Moacir Fernandes de Godoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2010-06-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322010000800008