Is heart rate variability associated with frequency and intensity of vasomotor symptoms among healthy perimenopausal and postmenopausal women?
Salene M W JonesKatherine A GuthrieAndrea Z LaCroixBarbara SternfeldCarol A LandisSusan D ReedAndrea DunnBette CaanLee S CohenJulie HuntKatherine M NewtonPublished in: Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society (2015)
Heart rate variability (HRV) was not associated with basal VMS frequency or intensity in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women experiencing high levels of VMS. Autonomic function may be associated with the onset or presence of VMS, but not with the number or intensity of these symptoms.