Resting and ambulatory heart rate variability in chronic anorexia nervosa

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Nov 1;94(9):1217-20. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.103.

Abstract

Heart rate variability was measured at rest and during ambulation in 6 women with anorexia nervosa. Compared with 10 nonanorexic women controls, resting and ambulatory measures of heart rate variability tended to be lower in patients, despite no differences in resting heart rate.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anorexia Nervosa / physiopathology*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Circadian Rhythm / physiology
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Parasympathetic Nervous System / physiology
  • Rest / physiology*
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Walking / physiology*
  • Women's Health