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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Heart rate variability under resting conditions in postmenopausal and young women
Autores: | Ribeiro,T.F.; Azevedo,G.D.; Crescêncio,J.C.; Marães,V.R.F.S.; Papa,V.; Catai,A.M.; Verzola,R.M.M.; Oliveira,L.; Silva de Sá,M.F.; Gallo Jr.,L.; Silva,E.
Data: | 2001-07-01
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Heart rate variability; Menopause; Autonomic nervous system; Time domain indexes.
Resumo: | The aim of the present study was to compare the modulation of heart rate in a group of postmenopausal women to that of a group of young women under resting conditions on the basis of R-R interval variability. Ten healthy postmenopausal women (mean ± SD, 58.3 ± 6.8 years) and 10 healthy young women (mean ± SD, 21.6 ± 0.82 years) were submitted to a control resting electrocardiogram (ECG) in the supine and sitting positions over a period of 6 min. The ECG was obtained from a one-channel heart monitor at the CM5 lead and processed and stored using an analog to digital converter connected to a microcomputer. R-R intervals were calculated on a beat-to-beat basis from the ECG recording in real time using a signal-processing software. Heart rate variability (HRV) was expressed as standard deviation (RMSM) and mean square root (RMSSD). In the supine position, the postmenopausal group showed significantly lower (P&lt;0.05) median values of RMSM (34.9) and RMSSD (22.32) than the young group (RMSM: 62.11 and RMSSD: 49.1). The same occurred in the sitting position (RMSM: 33.0 and RMSSD: 18.9 compared to RMSM: 57.6 and RMSSD: 42.8 for the young group). These results indicate a decrease in parasympathetic modulation in postmenopausal women compared to young women which was possibly due both to the influence of age and hormonal factors. Thus, time domain HRV proved to be a noninvasive and sensitive method for the identification of changes in autonomic modulation of the sinus node in postmenopausal women.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000700006
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000700006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.34 n.7 2001
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess