Is heart rate variability a biomarker for anxiety?

Anxiety disorders are often maintained through frequent perceptions of threat or danger, which can be exacerbated by low heart rate variability. In other words, anxiety disorders are associated with low heart rate variability.

Dr. Matt Whites shares a key meta-analysis demonstrating the link between low HRV and anxiety: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/...

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