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Article: Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis
- Article from:
- Military Medicine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Jan 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Considering the role of autonomic imbalance in the pathogenesis of hypersensitivity reactions, we evaluated the autonomic system through time-domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with allergic rhinitis. Twenty-four patients with allergic rhinitis and 22 healthy subjects (mean age, 41 ± 8 years and 37 ± 9 years, respectively) were enrolled in the study. The diagnosis of allergic rhinitis was based on the history, symptoms, and skin prick tests results. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings were obtained, and the time-domain indices were analyzed. Analysis of HRV revealed that the SD of normal RR intervals, SD of successive differences in normal ...