The smoking habit negatively influences autonomic heart control in community-dwelling elderly adults
Objective: The present study aimed to analyze the influence of smoking on heart autonomic control in elderly adults who did and did not smoke. Methods: In a population-based study, all community-dwelling elderly adults (≥60 years old) from Aiquara, Bahia, Brazil, were invited to participate in the s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-07-01
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Series: | Hellenic Journal of Cardiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966616302196 |