TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac autonomic control in individuals with Down syndrome
AU - Goulopoulou, Styliani
AU - Baynard, Tracy
AU - Collier, Scott
AU - Giannopoulou, Ifigenia
AU - Figueroa, Arturo
AU - Beets, Michael
AU - Pitetti, Kenneth
AU - Fernhall, Bo
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Our goal in this study was to compare cardiac autonomic control at rest between 50 individuals with Down syndrome and 24 control participants without disabilities. Resting autonomic function was assessed using analysis of heart rate variability. Participants with Down syndrome had reduced total heart rate variability, which indicates possible autonomic dysfunction in this population. Their VO 2 peak and BMI were not significantly correlated with resting cardiac autonomic control. This may suggest that fitness level and obesity differentially affect cardiac autonomic control in persons with Down syndrome compared to their healthy, nondisabled peers.
AB - Our goal in this study was to compare cardiac autonomic control at rest between 50 individuals with Down syndrome and 24 control participants without disabilities. Resting autonomic function was assessed using analysis of heart rate variability. Participants with Down syndrome had reduced total heart rate variability, which indicates possible autonomic dysfunction in this population. Their VO 2 peak and BMI were not significantly correlated with resting cardiac autonomic control. This may suggest that fitness level and obesity differentially affect cardiac autonomic control in persons with Down syndrome compared to their healthy, nondisabled peers.
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U2 - 10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[27:CACIIW]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[27:CACIIW]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
C2 - 16332154
AN - SCOPUS:31344456690
SN - 0895-8017
VL - 111
SP - 27-34+74
JO - American Journal on Mental Retardation
JF - American Journal on Mental Retardation
IS - 1
ER -