Psychological Traits, Heart Rate Variability, and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Healthy Aging Women—The Women's Health Initiative

Conclusions HRV did not play a major role in explaining why more optimistic women seem to be somewhat protected from CHD risk. Although hostility was inversely associated with HRV, its role in explaining the association between hostility and CHD risk remains to be established.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research