Authors: Krishnan, Binu¹; Jeffery, Alison²; Metcalf, Brad²; Hosking, Joanne²; Voss, Linda²; Wilkin, Terence; Flanagan, Daniel E

Source: Pediatric Diabetes, Volume 10, Number 2, March 2009 , pp. 127-134(8)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Krishnan B, Jeffery A, Metcalf B, Hosking J, Voss L, Wilkin T, Flanagan DE.

Pediatric Diabetes 2009: 10: 127-134. Background: 

The role of the autonomic nervous system in the complex link between insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk remains unclear. Increased sympathetic nervous system activity has been implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance but is confounded by a number of factors. Methods: 

We have therefore examined the relationship among cardiac autonomic control, insulin resistance, habitual physical activity, resting energy expenditure (REE), and anthropometric variables in a subset (107 boys, 101 girls, age 9 ± 0.25 yr) of the EarlyBird cohort. Cardiac autonomic activity was assessed using time domain and power spectral density analysis methods of heart rate variability. Insulin resistance was measured using homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA2-IR). Results: 

Girls, in comparison to boys, showed significantly higher resting heart rate and lower systolic blood pressure (BP); were more insulin resistant; undertook less physical activity, and had lower fat-free mass and REE. Increasing fasting insulin and increasing insulin resistance were associated with increasing BP. Conclusion: 

The data suggest early gender differences in predictors of cardiac autonomic control. Pubertal staging was not undertaken in this study, and we plan to evaluate this in future studies to further clarify these associations.

Keywords: HR; HRV; physical activity

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00455.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK 2: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, UK

Publication date: 2009-03-01

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