Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in obese normotensive children and adolescents

• Main Authors: Isabelle Magalhães G. Freitas (Author), Josiane Aparecida Miranda (Author), Pedro Augusto C. Mira (Author), Carla Marcia M. Lanna (Author), Jorge Roberto P. Lima (Author), Mateus Camaroti Laterza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that obese normotensive children and adolescents present impaired cardiac autonomic control compared to non-obese normotensive ones.METHODS:For this cross-sectional study, 66 children and adolescents were divided into the following groups: Obese (n=31, 12±3 years old...