Impact of malnutrition on cardiac autonomic modulation in children

Objective: To compare the autonomic behavior between malnourished children and a control group using analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). Method: Data were analyzed from 70 children who were divided into two groups: malnourished and eutrophic, according to the Z-score nutritional status for hei...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gláucia Siqueira Carvalho Barreto, Franciele Marques Vanderlei, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Álvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716300407