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Cardioautonomic control in pregnant individuals with advanced maternal age

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Raw data were generated at The University of Alberta. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author CDS on request.

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Acknowledgements

This project is funded by the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation through the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI, Innovation Grant) and a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) Grant In Aid. MJG is funded by the Gyro Club of Edmonton Undergraduate Scholarship in Aging, the Health Sciences TD Bank Undergraduate Scholarship, and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award. MHD is funded by the Christenson Endowed Professorship in Healthy Active Living.

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  1. Neurovascular Health Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, 1-059D Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Matthew J. Gervais & Craig D. Steinback

  2. Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Matthew J. Gervais, Gyan Bains, Margie H. Davenport & Craig D. Steinback

  3. Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Christy-Lynn M. Cooke, Sandra T. Davidge, Margie H. Davenport & Craig D. Steinback

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Christy-Lynn M. Cooke & Sandra T. Davidge

  5. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Sandra T. Davidge

  6. Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Margie H. Davenport & Craig D. Steinback

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Gervais, M.J., Cooke, CL.M., Davidge, S.T. et al. Cardioautonomic control in pregnant individuals with advanced maternal age. Clin Auton Res 33, 909–914 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-023-00976-4

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