“…It has been suggested that both higher and lower HRV are mainly determined by the parasympathetic system (Malik et al, 1996; Houle and Billman, 1999; Goldstein et al, 2011; Reyes del Paso et al, 2013; Ramírez et al, 2015). EDs have been associated with alterations in the autonomic nervous system, however, results are still inconclusive with most studies accounting increased HRV to parasympathetic nervous system dominance, whereas others describe decreased HRV conveying dominance of the sympathetic nervous system, or no differences comparing HRV in ED patients to controls (Mazurak et al, 2011; Peschel et al, 2016a,b). Additionally, HRV is an objective measure that has been considered as an index of ER capacity in a large number of studies (Di Simplicio et al, 2012; Thayer et al, 2012; Tuck et al, 2016; Visted et al, 2017).…”