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ArticleMetabolism: clinical and experimental2015

Metabolic syndrome burden in apparently healthy adolescents is adversely associated with cardiac autonomic modulation--Penn State Children Cohort.

Sol M Rodríguez-Colón, Fan He, Edward O Bixler, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Alexandros N Vgontzas, Susan Calhoun, Zhi-Jie Zheng, Duanping Liao

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Article in Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sol M Rodríguez-ColónDepartment of Public Health Sciences Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: srodrigu@phs.psu.edu.
Fan HeDepartment of Public Health Sciences Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: fhe@phs.psu.edu.
Edward O BixlerSleep Research &Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: ebixler@hmc.psu.edu.
Julio Fernandez-MendozaSleep Research &Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: jfernandezmendoza@hmc.psu.edu.
Alexandros N VgontzasSleep Research &Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: avgontzas@hmc.psu.edu.
Susan CalhounSleep Research &Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: scalhoun@hmc.psu.edu.
Zhi-Jie ZhengSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: zhengzj@sjtu.edu.cn.
Duanping LiaoDepartment of Public Health Sciences Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033. Electronic address: dliao@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · USShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000127 · NCATS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SINOWAY, LAWRENCE I · 2012 to 2015
$17.1M
Sleep and cardio-metabolic risk factors: a prospective study of adolescentsR01HL097165 · NHLBI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI BIXLER, EDWARD O., LIAO, DUANPING · 2010 to 2013
$2.2M
PREVALENCE OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING IN CHILDRENR01HL063772 · NHLBI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI BIXLER, EDWARD O. · 2001 to 2005
$1.3M
Sleep-disordered breathing, sleep stages, and heart rate variability in childrenR21HL087858 · NHLBI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LIAO, DUANPING · 2007 to 2008
$403k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000127NCATS NIH HHS UL TR000127NHLBI NIH HHS 1 R01HL 097165NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL063772NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL097165NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL63772NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL087858NHLBI NIH HHS R21HL087858
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReduced cardiac autonomic modulation (CAM) has been associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adults. However, the association between MetS component cluster and CAM has not been examined in adolescents.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Penn State Child Cohort follow-up examination. CAM was assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) analysis of 39-h RR intervals, including frequency (high frequency, HF; low frequency, LF; and LF/HF ratio) and time (SDNN, standard deviation of all RR intervals; RMSSD, square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals; and HR, heart rate) domain variables. To assess the MetS burden, we used continuous MetS score (cMetS)--sum of the age and sex-adjusted standardized residual (Z-score) of five established MetS components. Linear mixed-effect models were used to analyze the association between cMetS and CAM in the entire population and stratified by gender.

resultsAfter adjusting for age, sex, and race, cMetS was significantly associated with reduced HRV and higher HR. With 1 standard deviation increase in cMetS, there was a significant decrease in HF (-0.10 (SE = 0.02)), LF (-0.07 (SE = 0.01)), SDNN (-1.97 (SE = 0.50)), and RMSSD (-1.70 (SE = 0.72)), and increase in LF/HF (0.08 (SE = 0.02)) and HR (1.40 (SE = 0.26)). All cMetS components, with the exception of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), were associated with significantly decreased HRV and increased HR. High blood pressure (MAP) and triglyceride (TG) levels were also associated with an increase in LF/HF and decrease in RMSSD. An increase in high-density lipoprotein was only associated with higher LF and SDNN. Moreover, cMetS and HRV associations were more pronounced in males than in females. The associations between HRV and. MAP, TG, and HDL were more pronounced in females.

conclusionscMetS score is associated with lower HRV, suggesting an adverse impact on CAM, even in apparently healthy adolescents.

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AdolescentAutonomic Nervous SystemBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart RateHumansMaleMetabolic SyndromePennsylvaniaRegression AnalysisCardiovascular diseasesCentral obesityHypertensionInsulin resistanceMetabolic syndrome

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PMID25684658
PMCPMC4372460
OpenAlexW1994650493

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