Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescents with Abdominal Obesity

dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume39
dc.contributor.authorFarah, Breno Quintella
dc.contributor.authorAndrade-Lima, Aluisio
dc.contributor.authorGermano-Soares, Antonio Henrique
dc.contributor.authorDestro Christofaro, Diego Giulliano
dc.contributor.authorGomes de Barros, Mauro Virgilio
dc.contributor.authordo Prado, Wagner Luiz [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorRitti-Dias, Raphael M.
dc.coverageNew York
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-08T13:09:31Z
dc.date.available2020-07-08T13:09:31Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPhysical 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.en
dc.description.affiliationASCES Coll, Grp Res Hlth & Sport, Caruaru, PE, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Sch Phys Educ & Sport, Exercise Hemodynam Lab, Ave Prof Melo Moraes 65, BR-05508030 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Pernambuco, Associate Grad Program Phys Educ, Recife, PE, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Paulista State UNESP, Dept Phys Educ, Lab Invest Exercise LIVE, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Pernambuco, Adolescent Hlth, Camaragibe, PE, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Human Movement Sci, Santos, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Nove Julho, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Human Movement Sci, Santos, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipBrazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipBrazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipIDCNPq: 481067/2010-8]
dc.description.sponsorshipIDCAPES
dc.format.extent466-472
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-017-1775-6
dc.identifier.citationPediatric Cardiology. New York, v. 39, n. 3, p. 466-472, 2018.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00246-017-1775-6
dc.identifier.issn0172-0643
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/54056
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000426323100006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofPediatric Cardiology
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.subjectAutonomic nervous systemen
dc.subjectAdolescentsen
dc.subjectPhysical activityen
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.titlePhysical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescents with Abdominal Obesityen
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