Open AccessMediterranean Dietary Pattern Is Associated With Improved Cardiac Autonomic Function Among Middle-Aged Men
Author(s) -
Jun Dai,
Rachel Lampert,
Peter W.F. Wilson,
Jack Goldberg,
Thomas R. Ziegler,
Viola Vaccarino
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7713
pISSN - 1941-7705
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.109.905810
Subject(s) - heart rate variability , mediterranean diet , medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , autonomic function , demography , physiology , heart rate , blood pressure , sociology
Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic dysfunction, is a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Diet can influence HRV, but this association may be confounded by genetic and environmental factors.
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