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01-03-2018 | Original Article

Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescents with Abdominal Obesity

Authors: Breno Quintella Farah, Aluísio Andrade-Lima, Antônio Henrique Germano-Soares, Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro, Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros, Wagner Luiz do Prado, Raphael M. Ritti-Dias

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Physical activity is a protective factor for autonomic dysfunction. However, whether this occurs in adolescents with abdominal obesity is still unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the association between physical activity and heart rate variability (HRV) in adolescents with and without abdominal obesity. This cross-sectional study included 1152 boys (age: 17 ± 1 years). HRV measures of time (root mean square of the squared differences between adjacent normal RR intervals—RMSSD and the percentage of adjacent intervals over 50 ms—PNN50) and frequency domains (balance sympathetic–vagal—LF/HF) were evaluated, as well as total physical activity, commuting physical activity, leisure-time physical activity, and abdominal obesity. All physical activity domains were associated with better RMSSD, PNN50, and LF/HF in normal weight adolescents (p < 0.05), whereas in adolescents with abdominal obesity only leisure-time physical activity was associated with better PNN50 (b = 0.174, p = 0.035) independent of age, period of the day, body mass index, and blood pressure. In conclusion, higher leisure-time physical activity, but not total and commuting physical activity levels, was associated with improved HRV in adolescents with abdominal obesity.

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Title: Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescents with Abdominal Obesity
Authors: Breno Quintella Farah
Aluísio Andrade-Lima
Antônio Henrique Germano-Soares
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro
Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros
Wagner Luiz do Prado
Raphael M. Ritti-Dias
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-017-1775-6

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