Cardiac Autonomic Function and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: A Population-based Case-Cohort Study: The ARIC Study

Cardiac autonomic activity, as assessed by heart rate variability, has been found to be associated with postmyocardial infarction mortality, sudden death, and all-cause mortality. However, the association of heart rate variability and the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) is not well described. The authors report on the association of baseline cardiac autonomic activity (1987–1989) with incident CHD after 3 years (1990–1992) of follow-up...