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Nocturnal heart rate variability moderates the association between sleep–wake regularity and mood in young adults
Author(s) -
Lei Gao,
Peng Li,
Chelsea Hu,
Tommy To,
Melissa Patxot,
B Falvey,
Patricia Wong,
Frank A. J. L. Scheer,
Chen Lin,
MenTzung Lo,
Kun Hu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/zsz034
Subject(s) - mood , psychology , circadian rhythm , depression (economics) , heart rate variability , cohort , heart rate , clinical psychology , medicine , blood pressure , economics , macroeconomics
Sleep-wake regularity (SWR) is often disrupted in college students and mood disorders are rife at this age. Disrupted SWR can cause repetitive and long-term misalignment between environmental and behavioral cycles and the circadian system which may then have psychological and physical health consequences. We tested whether SWR was independently associated with mood and autonomic function in a healthy adult cohort.

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