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Association of novel EEG biomarkers of sleep depth and cortical arousability with cardiac autonomic modulation in adolescents.

Anthony H Rahawi, Fan He, Jidong Fang, Susan L Calhoun, Alexandros N Vgontzas, Duanping Liao, Edward O Bixler, Magdy Younes, Anna Ricci, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

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Anthony H RahawiSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4372-7691
Fan HeDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Jidong FangSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Susan L CalhounSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Alexandros N VgontzasSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8323-7526
Duanping LiaoDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Edward O BixlerSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Magdy YounesSleep Disorders Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Anna RicciDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Julio Fernandez-MendozaSleep Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9584-6161

Funding

The Penn State Child Sleep Cohort: Cardiometabolic and Neurocognitive Risk in Young AdulthoodR01HL136587 · NHLBI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI FERNANDEZ-MENDOZA, JULIO · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
Sleep Cortical Dynamics and Neurobehavioral Risk in Children and Adolescents: A Longitudinal StudyR01MH118308 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI FERNANDEZ-MENDOZA, JULIO · 2019 to 2021
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHSNHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136587NIH HHS R01MH118308, R01HL136587NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118308
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectivesTo examine the developmental association of the odds ratio product (ORP), an electroencephalographic measure of sleep depth, during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep with 24-hour heart rate variability (HRV), an electrocardiographic measure of cardiac autonomic modulation (CAM), in the transition to adolescence.

methodsLeveraging data from the Penn State Child Cohort, we performed longitudinal analyses on 313 children (median [Md] age 9 years) followed-up after Md = 7.4y and cross-sectional analyses on 344 adolescents (Md = 16 years). We extracted ORP during NREM sleep and in the 9 seconds following cortical arousals (ORP-9) from 9-hour, in-lab polysomnography, and frequency- and time-domain HRV indices from 24-hour Holter ECG monitoring. Longitudinal and cross-sectional, multivariable-adjusted, regression models examined the association between ORP and ORP-9 with adolescent 24-hour HRV indices.

resultsLongitudinally, a greater increase in ORP-9 since childhood was associated with lower daytime Log-LF, SDNN, RMSSD, and higher HR in adolescence (p < .05). A greater increase in ORP since childhood was associated with lower nighttime Log-LF and SDNN (p < .05). Cross-sectionally, higher ORP and ORP-9 were associated with lower daytime and nighttime Log-LF, SDNN or RMSSD and higher HR within adolescence (p < .05).

conclusionsA greater increase in cortical arousability since childhood is a strong developmental predictor of daytime cardiac autonomic imbalance in adolescence. Shallower sleep depth additionally arises as a proximal determinant of both daytime and nighttime cardiac autonomic imbalance within adolescence. These data suggest a coupling between fine-grained spectral measures of the sleeping brain and those of CAM, which may inform sleep-related cardiovascular risk early in life.

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ArousalAutonomic Nervous SystemElectroencephalographyHeart RateSleepSleep StagesAdolescentBiomarkersChildCross-Sectional StudiesElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMalePolysomnographyBiomarkerscortical arousabilitydevelopmentEEG analysisheart rate variabilityNREModds ratio productORPORP-9sleep depth

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PMID39887059
PMCPMC12597678

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