TY  - JOUR
T1  - Heart rate variability and depression: Sleep-related breathing disorders as confounder?
AU  - Kierlin L, Yan-Go F
Y1  - 2009/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.102
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 915
EP  - 917
VL  - 66
IS  - 8
N2  - 
Licht et al1 discuss a relationship between depression and heart rate variability in their sample, which was also studied for the presence of other health-related variables, including heart disease and chronic medical conditions. Not specifically mentioned in their report is the presence of sleep-related breathing disorders (including sleep apnea) as a potential confounder, which is surprising given the evidence that exists linking these conditions to both diminished heart rate variability2 and depression.3

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.102
ER  -