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Sex-Related Differences in Autonomic Modulation of Heart Rate in Middle-aged Subjects

Heikki V. Huikuri, Sirkku M. Pikkuja ̈msa ̈, Juhani Airaksinen, Markku J. Ika ̈heimo, Asko O. Rantala, Heikki Kauma, Mauno Lilja, Y. Antero Kesa ̈niemi

Circulation · 1996 · 441 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Baroreflex responsiveness is attenuated in middle-aged women compared with men, but the tonic vagal modulation of HR is augmented. Hormone replacement therapy appears to have favorable effects on the cardiovascular autonomic regulation in postmenopausal women.

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