Circadian profile of cardiac autonomic nervous modulation in healthy subjects: differing effects of aging and gender on heart rate variability.

Circadian Profile of Heart Rate Variability. INTRODUCTION: Although heart rate variability (HRV) has been established as a tool to study cardiac autonomic activity, almost no data are available on the circadian patterns of HRV in healthy subjects aged 20 to 70 years. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investig...

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Publicado en:Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 791 - 800
Autores principales: Bonnemeier H, Wiegand EKH, Brandes A, Kluge N, Katus HA, Richardt G, Potratz J
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2003
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          Bonnemeier H
          Wiegand EKH
          Brandes A
          Kluge N
          Katus HA
          Richardt G
          Potratz J
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          Autonomic Nervous System Physiology
          Circadian Rhythm
          Heart Rate Variability Etiology
          Adult
          Age Factors
          Aged
          Analysis of Variance
          Body Mass Index
          Descriptive Statistics
          Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
          Female
          Male
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Middle Age
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Sex Factors
          T-Tests
          Two-Tailed Test
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: Circadian Profile of Heart Rate Variability. INTRODUCTION: Although heart rate variability (HRV) has been established as a tool to study cardiac autonomic activity, almost no data are available on the circadian patterns of HRV in healthy subjects aged 20 to 70 years. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated 166 healthy volunteers (81 women and 85 men; age 42 +/- 15 years, range 20-70) without evidence of cardiac disease. Time-domain HRV parameters were determined from 24-hour Holter monitoring and calculated as hourly mean values and mean 24-hour values. All volunteers were fully mobile, awoke around 7 A.M., and had 6 to 8 hours of sleep. Circadian profiles of vagus-associated HRV parameters revealed a marked day-night pattern, with a peak at nighttime and a plateau at daytime. The characteristic nocturnal peak and the day-night amplitude diminished with aging by decade. Estimates of overall HRV (geometric triangular index [TI], SD of NN intervals [SDNN]) and long-term components of HRV (SD of the averages of NN intervals for all 5-min segments [SDANN]) were low at nighttime and increased in the morning hours. There was a significant decline of 24-hour values of all HRV parameters (P < 0.001) and a strong negative correlation (P < 0.001) with increasing age. Mean 24-hour RR interval (P < 0.001), SDNN, mean SD of NN intervals for all 5-minute intervals (SDNNi), and SDANN (all P < 0.01) were significantly higher in men. Younger men also exhibited significantly higher values for vagus-associated parameters (root mean square successive difference [rMSSD], P < 0.05; SDNNi, P < 0.01); however, gender differences diminished with increasing age. CONCLUSION: Normal aging is associated with a constant decline of cardiac vagal modulation due to a significant decrease of nocturnal parasympathetic activity. The significant gender-related difference of HRV decreases with aging. These findings emphasize the need to determine age-, gender-, and nycthemeral-dependent normal ranges for HRV assessment.
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