Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in obese normotensive children and adolescents

Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in obese normotensive children and adolescents

OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that obese normotensive children and adolescents present impaired cardiac autonomic control compared to non-obese normotensive ones.METHODS:For this cross-sectional study, 66 children and adolescents were divided into the following groups: Obese (n=31, 12±3 years old...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Magalhães G. Freitas, Josiane Aparecida Miranda, Pedro Augusto C. Mira, Carla Marcia M. Lanna, Jorge Roberto P. Lima, Mateus Camaroti Laterza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
Subjects:
obesidad
presión arterial
frecuencia cardiaca
sistema nervoso autónomo
niño
adolescente
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