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McGee JE, Early KS, Huff AC, Clunan MC, Hursey NR, Osborne B, Bucher C, Tanner C, Brewer SB, Brophy PM, Clark A, Pories WJ, Matarese LE, Houmard JA, Collier D, May LE, McClung JM, Earnest CP, Swift DL. Effects of weight loss and weight loss maintenance on cardiac autonomic function in obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2023; 48:678-691. [PMID: 37229779 PMCID: PMC11042485 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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NOVELTY Caloric restriction and exercise exert significant improvements in cardiac autonomic function as measured by HRV in overweight and obesity. Aerobic exercise training, within recommended guidelines coupled with weight loss maintenance, retains cardiac autonomic function benefits from weight loss in previously obese individuals.
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- Joshua E. McGee
- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Health, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, 31907, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA
- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
- Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Health and Kinesiology, College Station, TX 79016, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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Felber Dietrich D, Schindler C, Schwartz J, Barthélémy JC, Tschopp JM, Roche F, von Eckardstein A, Brändli O, Leuenberger P, Gold DR, Gaspoz JM, Ackermann-Liebrich U. Heart rate variability in an ageing population and its association with lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors: results of the SAPALDIA study. Europace 2006; 8:521-9. [PMID: 16798766 DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS (i) To report associations between cardiovascular risk factors and heart rate variability (HRV) in a general population and (ii) to provide normal values for various HRV measurements in a healthy European general population sample aged >or=50. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-four-hour electrocardiograms were recorded in 1742 randomly selected SAPALDIA (Swiss cohort study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults) participants aged >or=50. In multivariate regression analyses, women (n=895) had a 6.1% lower standard deviation of all normal RR (NN) intervals (SDNN), a 11.4% lower total power (TP), and a 27.2% lower low-frequency (LF) power than men (n=847). Per unit increase in BMI, SDNN decreased by 0.7% and TP decreased by 1.2%. Persons with high blood pressure had a 9.2% lower LF than normotensive persons and current smokers a 15.5% lower LF than never smokers. Each hour of heavy physical exercise was associated with a 2.0% increase in SDNN, a 3.6% increase in the high frequency (HF) range power and a 4.2% increase in LF power. Higher levels of uric acid, high-sensitive C-reactive protein and non-HDL-cholesterol were associated with lower TP, HF and LF. Percentiles of TP and LF/HF as a function of age were calculated for an asymptomatic subsample of participants (n=499) free of cardioactive medications. CONCLUSION Heart rate variability in a general population sample shows expected associations with all known cardiovascular risk factors, although not identically for all HRV domains. Together with our percentile estimates for HRV as a function of age, these findings could assist scientists in interpreting 24 h HRV values and factors influencing them in an ageing population.
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- Denise Felber Dietrich
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Steinengraben 49, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
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Barreto-Filho JAS, Consolim-Colombo FM, Guerra-Riccio GM, Santos RD, Chacra AP, Lopes HF, Teixeira SH, Martinez T, Krieger JE, Krieger EM. Hypercholesterolemia blunts forearm vasorelaxation and enhances the pressor response during acute systemic hypoxia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:1660-6. [PMID: 12893690 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000089471.61037.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE During hypoxia, active substances released by the endothelium play a key role in the cardiovascular and respiratory responses elicited to optimize oxygen delivery. As hypercholesterolemia is a major cause of endothelial dysfunction, it may interfere with these responses. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied cardiovascular and ventilatory responses to acute systemic hypoxia in 14 patients with hypercholesterolemia (HC) and 13 control (CO) subjects. Oxygen saturation decreased similarly in both groups. Diastolic blood pressure increased only in the HC group (P=0.0002) and, despite systolic blood pressure increases both in the HC group, 140+/-4 (95% confidence interval [CI],131 to 149 mm Hg) to 154+/-4 mm Hg (95% CI,145 to 164 mm Hg), and in the CO group, 133+/-3 (95% CI,126 to 140 mm Hg) to 140+/-4 mm Hg (95% CI,132 to 148 mm Hg), the HC group showed an enhanced pressor response (P=0.03, group comparison). Both groups had increased forearm blood flow, but the decrease in forearm vascular resistance in the CO group, 40+/-5 (95% CI, 30 to 51 UR) to 31+/-4 UR (95% CI,23 to 39 UR) (P=0.0001) was not seen in the HC group, 29+/-3 (95% CI, 22 to 37 UR) to 26+/-3 UR (95% CI, 20 to 33 UR), (P=0.03, group comparison). CONCLUSIONS Hypercholesterolemic patients demonstrate a hyperreactive pressor response and absence of forearm vasodilation during acute systemic hypoxia.
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Lantelme P, Khettab F, Custaud MA, Rial MO, Joanny C, Gharib C, Milon H. Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity: toward an ideal index of cardiovascular risk in hypertension? J Hypertens 2002; 20:935-44. [PMID: 12011655 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200205000-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Estimating the risk entailed by classical risk factors like blood pressure (BP) or serum cholesterol may be difficult because of their variability and the often unknown duration of exposure. Having variables integrating the impact of those classical risk factors on the cardiovascular system would probably aid the prediction of cardiovascular events. The present study aimed at determining whether cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), correlates with several risk factors and thus is a good candidate for being such an integrative variable. As a comparison, left ventricular mass (LVM), pulse wave velocity (PWV), and creatinine were also tested for association with risk factors. DESIGN A total of 302 subjects referred for hypertension, were considered. They had a 24-h BP recording and a determination of BRS by two different methods (sequence and alpha coefficient), in two different positions (lying and standing). They were also tested for the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) (by echocardiography and electrocardiogram) and had a PWV measurement. Biological testing included serum lipids, blood glucose, creatinine, proteinuria and urinary excretion of microalbumin. RESULTS There was a strong correlation between the two methods of BRS measurement in each position (P < 0.001). BRS determined by the sequence method in the lying position was correlated significantly and independently with age, 24-h systolic BP, heart rate, and serum cholesterol with P values < 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.01, and < 0.05, respectively. In an univariate analysis, BRS was also correlated with echocardiographic LVM index (r = -0.21, P < 0.05) and PWV (r = -0.27, P < 0.001), which possibly reflects its dependence on both vascular and cardiac damages. CONCLUSION The present study supports the hypothesis that BRS could encompass the impact over time of several risk factors on the cardiovascular system. Thus, it may constitute a valuable parameter in assessing more precisely the risk of cardiovascular events.
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- Pierre Lantelme
- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon et Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Nord, Lyon, France.
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Piccirillo G, Di Giuseppe V, Nocco M, Lionetti M, Moisè A, Naso C, Tallarico D, Marigliano V, Cacciafesta M. Influence of aging and other cardiovascular risk factors on baroreflex sensitivity. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001; 49:1059-65. [PMID: 11555067 DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the influence of known cardiovascular risk factors (cholesterol, blood glucose levels, arterial pressures, heart rate, and aging) on baroreflex sensitivity. DESIGN An observational epidemiological study. SETTING Geriatric Division at the Policlinico Umberto Primo, University of Rome La Sapienza. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred three subjects whose ages ranged from 9 to 94 years, apparently healthy and free of detectable clinical evidence of atherosclerosis. MEASUREMENTS All subjects underwent determination of baroreflex sensitivity by phenylephrine infusion (BSphe), and by a noninvasive method derived from spectral analysis of R-R interval and arterial pressure variabilities (alpha index). RESULTS The population, subdivided into tertiles for each variable studied, had lower BSphe values and lower alpha indexes as a function of age, plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure. The alpha index was significantly lower in both groups with elevated LDL cholesterol levels than in those with lower levels (II and III vs I tertile, P <.001), whereas BSphe differed significantly only in the two groups who had extreme levels of LDL (I vs III tertile, P <.001). Multiple regression analysis identified a negative association of the alpha index with age (P <.001), heart rate (P <.01), area under the glucose-response curve (P <.001), and LDL cholesterol (P <.01), but of BSphe only with age (P <.001) and heart rate (P <.01). CONCLUSION These findings indicate that some risk factors for coronary heart disease adversely influence baroreflex sensitivity.
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- G Piccirillo
- Istituto di Prima Clinica Medica, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Lopes HF, Silva HB, Consolim-Colombo FM, Barreto Filho JA, Riccio GM, Giorgi DM, Krieger EM. Autonomic abnormalities demonstrable in young normotensive subjects who are children of hypertensive parents. Braz J Med Biol Res 2000; 33:51-4. [PMID: 10625874 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although a slightly elevated office blood pressure (BP) has been reported in several studies, little is known about the prolonged resting blood pressure, heart rate (HR) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of prehypertensive subjects with a family history of hypertension. Office blood pressure, prolonged resting (1 h) BP and HR were measured in 25 young normotensives with a positive family history of hypertension (FH+) and 25 young normotensives with a negative family history of hypertension (FH-), matched for age, sex, and body mass index. After BP and HR measurements, blood samples were collected for the determination of norepinephrine, plasma renin activity and aldosterone levels, and baroreflex sensitivity was then tested. Casual BP, prolonged resting BP and heart rate were significantly higher in the FH+ group (119.9 +/- 11.7/78.5 +/- 8.6 mmHg, 137.3 +/- 12.3/74.4 +/- 7.9 mmHg, 68.5 +/- 8.4 bpm) compared to the FH- group (112.9 +/- 11.4/71.2 +/- 8.3 mmHg, 128.0 +/- 11. 8/66.5 +/- 7.4 mmHg, 62.1 +/- 6.0 bpm). Plasma norepinephrine level was significantly higher in the FH+ group (220.1 +/- 104.5 pg/ml) than in the FH- group (169.1 +/- 63.3 pg/ml). Baroreflex sensitivity to tachycardia (0.7 +/- 0.3 vs 1.0 +/- 0.5 bpm/mmHg) was depressed in the FH+ group (P<0.05). The FH+ group exhibited higher casual blood pressure, prolonged resting blood pressure, heart rate and plasma norepinephrine levels than the FH- group (P<0.05), suggesting an increased sympathetic tone in these subjects. The reflex tachycardia was depressed in the FH+ group.
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- H F Lopes
- Unidade de Hipertensão, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Pellizzer AM, Straznicky NE, Lim S, Kamen PW, Krum H. Reduced dietary fat intake increases parasympathetic activity in healthy premenopausal women. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1999; 26:656-60. [PMID: 10474783 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Hypercholesterolaemia has been associated with decreased heart rate variability, a measure of cardiac parasympathetic activity. However, the effect of perturbation of the lipid profile on autonomic function has not been examined systematically. 2. The effects of short-term dietary lipid modification on autonomic function are studied in 25 normotensive, non-smoking, premenopausal women with normal bodyweight. Subjects consumed either a low (L, 25%) or high fat (H, 40%) diet for 2 weeks in an open, randomized, cross-over manner with a 2 week washout. 3. Baroreflex sensitivity was determined by gating beat-to-beat heart period (RR) interval and continuous non-invasive blood pressure recordings. Heart rate variability measures of cardiac parasympathetic nervous system activity were obtained in the time (standard deviation of RR intervals, root mean square of successive differences (rMSSD)) and frequency (high frequency power) domains. All assessments were made at the same timepoint in the menstrual cycle. 4. Both low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol decreased significantly (P < 0.05) with increased dietary fat intake (H, 2.7 +/- 0.1 vs L, 2.2 +/- 0.1; H, 1.3 +/- 0.1 vs L, 1.1 +/- 0.1 mmol/L, respectively) as did mean arterial pressure (H, 78.1 +/- 1.5 vs L, 74.3 +/- 1.5 mmHg). Weight was unchanged by dietary lipid intake (H, 62.6 +/- 8.5 vs L, 62.3 +/- 8.3 kg, P = NS). 5. There was a significant increase in rMSSD (H, 29.6 +/- 3.4 vs L, 38.8 +/- 6.4 msec, P < 0.05) and natural logarithm of high frequency power following low fat diet (H, 4.4 +/- 0.2 vs L, 4.8 +/- 0.3 msec2, P = 0.01). Baroreflex sensitivity also increased following the low fat diet (H, 13.91 +/- 2.2 vs L, 16.9 +/- 3.2 msec/mmHg, P = 0.23). 6. Short-term dietary lipid modification can significantly increase cardiac parasympathetic nervous system activity in healthy premenopausal women. These changes in autonomic status appear to be independent of changes in bodyweight and may be of clinical relevance considering the prognostic implications of heart rate variability in cardiovascular disease.
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- A M Pellizzer
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Australia
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