International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 145, Issue 2 , Pages 375-376 , 19 November 2010

Ignoring lack of association of heart rate variability with cardiovascular disease and risk factors: Response to the manuscript “The relationship of autonomic imbalance, heart rate variability cardiovascular disease risk factors” by Julian F. Thayer, Shelby S. Yamamoto, Jos F. Brosschot

  • A. Kluttig

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany. Tel.: +49 345 5573569; fax: +49 345 5573580.
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  • O. Kuss

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
    • ,
  • K.H. Greiser

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Received 8 January 2010 ,Accepted 14 February 2010.

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PII: S0167-5273(10)00115-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.048

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 145, Issue 2 , Pages 375-376 , 19 November 2010

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