Open AccessHeart rate variability and its correlation with pulmonary function test of smokers
Author(s) -
Joshil Kumar Behera,
Sandeep Sood,
Naresh Kumar,
Kirti Sharma,
Reshmi Mishra,
Prasanta Saha Roy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
heart views
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-5123
pISSN - 1995-705X
DOI - 10.4103/1995-705x.107116
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary function testing , heart rate variability , cardiology , correlation , linear regression , context (archaeology) , correlation coefficient , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , regression analysis , vital capacity , heart rate , statistics , lung function , lung , mathematics , blood pressure , paleontology , geometry , diffusing capacity , biology
Though many studies have been conducted on the effect of chronic smoking on pulmonary function test (PFT) and heart rate variability (HRV), no study has found a correlation between the pulmonary function test and heart rate variability parameters so far.