Association Between Reduced Heart Rate Variability and Cognitive Impairment in Older Disabled Women in the Community: Women's Health and Aging Study I

OBJECTIVES: To examine the independent association between heart rate variability (HRV), a marker of cardiac autonomic function, and cognitive impairment.

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