caa a22 4500 445824298 CHVBK 20180317145254.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00246-011-0015-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00246-011-0015-8 Central Fat Influences Cardiac Autonomic Function in Obese and Overweight Girls [Elektronische Daten] [Luisa Soares-Miranda, Alberto Alves, Susana Vale, Luisa Aires, Rute Santos, José Oliveira, Jorge Mota] It has been suggested that upper-body fat compared with lower-body fat is more closely associated with cardiovascular abnormalities. Our objective was to analyze the relationship between central fat (CF) and cardiac autonomic (cANS) function in obese and overweight girls. Children were classified in two groups based on CF: those above (CFa50) and those below the 50th percentile (CFb50) of the entire sample. This study included 16 female children who were diagnosed as being overweight or obese (age: 14.3±2.8years; weight: 75.0±15.8kg; height: 157.1±8.9cm; body mass index: 30.1±5.4; and total body fat: 40.5±5.0%; Tanner stage: 4). cANS function was assessed through heart rate variability (HRV) and CF parameters by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Female children with higher CF exhibited significantly higher sympathetic and lower parasympathetic modulation than those with lower CF, independently of total body fat. The data of the present study indicate that CF is associated with less favorable indexes of HRV. In addition, our findings suggest that CF might be an important measure to assess the effect of obesity on cANS function in female children. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Cardiac autonomic function nationallicence Obesity nationallicence Overweight nationallicence Central fat nationallicence Girls nationallicence Soares-Miranda Luisa Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Alves Alberto Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Vale Susana Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Aires Luisa Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Santos Rute Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Oliveira José Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Mota Jorge Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut Pediatric Cardiology Springer-Verlag 32/7(2011-10-01), 924-928 0172-0643 32:7<924 2011 32 246 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-0015-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-0015-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soares-Miranda Luisa Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alves Alberto Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vale Susana Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aires Luisa Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Santos Rute Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oliveira José Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mota Jorge Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Pediatric Cardiology Springer-Verlag 32/7(2011-10-01), 924-928 0172-0643 32:7<924 2011 32 246 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer