Linear and complex heart rate dynamics vary with sex in relation to fetal behavioural states
Early Human DevelopmentPublished 16 January 2008
João Bernardes, Hernâni Gonçalves, Diogo Ayres‐de‐Campos, Ana Paula Rocha
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Male fetuses exhibited significantly more linear and significantly less complex fetal heart rate activity than female fetuses, expressing signs of a more active autonomous nervous system and of less active complexity control systems.
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Male fetuses exhibited significantly more linear and significantly less complex fetal heart rate activity than female fetuses, expressing signs of a more active autonomous nervous system and of less active complexity control systems. These aspects may need to be considered when interpreting FHR tracings.
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