Day and night heart rate variability using 24-h ECG recordings: A systematic review with meta-analysis using a gender lens

Resource type: Publication Publication
  • Authors
    De Maria, Beatrice; Parati, Monica; Dalla Vecchia, Laura Adelaide; La Rovere, Maria Teresa
  • Type
    Original research
  • Journal
    Clinical Autonomic Research
  • Publication Date
    2023
  • Abstract

    Increasing evidence demonstrates that gender-related factors, and not only biological sex, are relevant in the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of the cardiovascular system, including the cardiac autonomic regulation. Sex and gender may also affect daytime and night-time cardiac autonomic control. This meta-analysis aimed to provide a comparison between healthy women and men on heart rate variability using 24-h ECG recordings pointing out sex- and gender-related factors.

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