Heart Rate Variability in Shift Workers: Responses to Orthostatism and Relationships with Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Blood Pressure

Heart Rate Variability in Shift Workers: Responses to Orthostatism and Relationships with Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Blood Pressure

In order to investigate the response of heart rate variability (HRV) components to postural change and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in shift workers, a cross-sectional study with 438 Brazilian males rotating shift workers was done. Anthropometric, body composition, and clinical...

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Main Authors: Nayara Mussi Monteze, Breno Bernardes Souza, Henrique José de Paula Alves, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira, José Magalhães de Oliveira, Silvia Nascimento de Freitas, Raimundo Marques do Nascimento Neto, Maria Lilian Sales, Gabriela Guerra Leal Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/329057

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