scholarly journals Blood pressure and resting heart rate in 3-17-year-olds in Germany in 2003–2006 and 2014–2017

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giselle Sarganas ◽  
Anja Schienkiewitz ◽  
Jonas D. Finger ◽  
Hannelore K. Neuhauser
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Selection Rule ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
National Examination ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Analysis Measurement

AbstractTo track blood pressure (BP) and resting heart rate (RHR) in children and adolescents is important due to its associations with cardiovascular outcomes in the adulthood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine BP and RHR over a decade among children and adolescents living in Germany using national examination data. Cross-sectional data from 3- to 17-year-old national survey participants (KiGGS 2003–06, n = 14,701; KiGGS 2014–17, n = 3509) including standardized oscillometric BP and RHR were used for age- and sex-standardized analysis. Measurement protocols were identical with the exception of the cuff selection rule, which was accounted for in the analyses. Different BP and RHR trends were observed according to age-groups. In 3- to 6-year-olds adjusted mean SBP and DBP were significantly higher in 2014–2017 compared to 2003–2006 (+2.4 and +1.9 mm Hg, respectively), while RHR was statistically significantly lower by −3.8 bpm. No significant changes in BP or in RHR were observed in 7- to 10-year-olds over time. In 11- to 13-year-olds as well as in 14- to 17-year-olds lower BP has been observed (SBP −2.4 and −3.2 mm Hg, respectively, and DBP −1.8 and −1.7 mm Hg), while RHR was significantly higher (+2.7 and +3.7 bpm). BP trends did not parallel RHR trends. The downward BP trend in adolescents seemed to follow decreasing adult BP trends in middle and high-income countries. The increase in BP in younger children needs confirmation from other studies as well as further investigation. In school-aged children and adolescents, the increased RHR trend may indicate decreased physical fitness.

scholarly journals Associations between occupational relative aerobic workload and resting blood pressure among different age groups: a cross-sectional analysis in the DPhacto study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e029713
Author(s):  
Mette Korshøj ◽  
Els Clays ◽  
Niklas Krause ◽  
Nidhi Gupta ◽  
Marie Birk Jørgensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Heart Rate Reserve ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Age Related

ObjectiveHigh levels of occupational physical activity (OPA) increase heart rate, blood pressure (BP) and the risk of hypertension. Older workers may be more vulnerable to high levels of OPA due to age-related degeneration of the cardiovascular system and cardiorespiratory fitness. This study investigates the association of relative aerobic workload (RAW) with resting BP and examines if this relation is moderated by age.DesignCross-sectional epidemiological study.SettingData were collected among employees of 15 Danish companies in the cleaning, manufacturing and transport sectors.Participants2107 employees were invited for participation, of these 1087 accepted and 562 (42% female and 4% non-Westerns) were included in the analysis based on the criteria of being non-pregnant, no allergy to bandages, sufficient amount of heart rate data corresponding to ≥4 work hours per workday or 75% of average work hours, and no missing outcome and confounder values.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe primary outcome measure was BP.ResultsHeart rate reserve was estimated from ambulatory 24-hour heart rate measures covering 2.5 workdays per participant (SD 1.0 day). Age significantly moderated the association between RAW and BP. Mean intensity and duration of high RAW (≥30% heart rate reserve) showed positive associations with diastolic BP and negative associations with pulse pressure (PP) among participants ≥47 years old. Tendencies towards negative associations between RAW and BP were seen among participants <47 years old.ConclusionsMean intensity and duration of RAW increased diastolic BP among participants ≥47 years old. Negative associations with PP may be due to healthy worker selection bias. Prevention of hypertension should consider reductions in RAW for ageing workers.

Resting Heart Rate is Associated with Blood Pressure in Male Children and Adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 634-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rômulo Araújo Fernandes ◽  
Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior ◽  
Jamile Sanches Codogno ◽  
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro ◽  
Henrique Luiz Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Resting Heart Rate

scholarly journals Anthropometric Determinants of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Children

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 566
Author(s):  
Paulina Lubocka ◽  
Robert Sabiniewicz ◽  
Klaudia Suligowska ◽  
Tomasz Zdrojewski
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Lower Heart Rate ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
School Aged Children

Background: The study was conducted to investigate the implications of anthropometry in school-aged children on the degree of respiratory sinus arrhythmia observed in clinical settings. Methods: In a cohort study, 626 healthy children (52% male) aged 10.8 ± 0.5 years attending primary school in a single town underwent a 12-lead electrocardiogram coupled with measurements of height, weight and blood pressure. Indices of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (pvRSA, RMSSD, RMSSDc) were derived from semi-automatic measurements of RR intervals. Height, weight, BMI, blood pressure as well as waist and hip circumferences were compared between subjects with rhythmic heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and correlations between indices of sinus arrhythmia and anthropometry were investigated. Results: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia was recognized in 43% of the participants. Subjects with sinus arrhythmia had lower heart rate (p < 0.001), weight (p = 0.009), BMI (p = 0.005) and systolic (p = 0.018) and diastolic (p = 0.004) blood pressure. There were important inverse correlations of heart rate and indices of sinus arrhythmia (r = −0.52 for pvRSA and r = −0.58 for RMSSD), but not the anthropometry. Conclusion: Lower prevalence of respiratory sinus arrhythmia among children with overweight and obesity is a result of higher resting heart rate observed in this population.

Correlation of Thorax Expansion with Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in School-Aged Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Pipit Wandini ◽  
Ellyana Sungkar ◽  
M. Rizki Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Method Factors ◽  
Written Informed Consent

Background: Thorax expansion used to measure respiratory function. Data of thorax expansion for healthychildren is still limited. Thorax expansion is caused by breathing. This influences cardiovascular functionbecause anatomically the heart is located within the thorax cavity. The aim of this study is to determine themeasurement of thorax expansion using the measurement tape method. Factors influencing thorax expansionare sex and age; and correlates with heart rate and blood pressure in school age children.Methods: Ninety-six children were included in this study both male and female and were aged 6 to 15years. They were in Elementary School and Junior High School in Jatinangor. The study were conductedfrom September-November 2013 by adopting a random selection cross sectional method. The examinationsperformed after written informed consent and questionnaire form from their parents.Results: The results showed that upper thorax has lower mean expansion than middle and lower thoraxexpansion respectively (2.96±0.64cm; 3.82±1.04cm; 5.01±1.15cm). There was significant difference betweengroups of age (p<0.05). This study also found that there was a correlation between the upper and middle thoraxexpansion with the heart rate (r=0.35; p=0.001, and r=0.32; p=0.002).Conclusions: The mean of thorax expansion at upper, middle and lower respectively (2.96±0.64cm;3.82±1.04cm; 5.01±1.15cm) are influenced by age and has correlation with heart rate.Keywords: blood pressure, heart rate, school-aged children, thorax expansion.

scholarly journals Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in obese normotensive children and adolescents

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Magalhães G. Freitas ◽  
Josiane Aparecida Miranda ◽  
Pedro Augusto C. Mira ◽  
Carla Marcia M. Lanna ◽  
Jorge Roberto P. Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Supine Position ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Autonomic Control ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cardiac Autonomic Control ◽  
Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction ◽  
The Time Domain

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) and Non-Obese (n=35, 13±3 years old). Obesity was defined as body mass index greater than the 95thpercentile for age and gender. Blood pressure was measured by oscillometric method after 15 minutes of rest in supine position. The heart rate was continuously registered during ten minutes in the supine position with spontaneous breathing. The cardiac autonomic control was assessed by heart rate variability, which was calculated from the five-minute minor variance of the signal. The derivations were the index that indicates the proportion of the number of times in which normal adjacent R-R intervals present differences >50 miliseconds (pNN50), for the time domain, and, for the spectral analysis, low (LF) and high frequency (HF) bands, besides the low and high frequencies ratio (LF/HF). The results were expressed as mean±standard deviation and compared by Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney's U-test.RESULTS: Systolic blood pressure (116±14 versus 114±13mmHg, p=0.693) and diastolic blood pressure (59±8 versus 60±11mmHg, p=0.458) were similar between the Obese and Non-Obese groups. The pNN50 index (29±21 versus 43±23, p=0.015) and HF band (54±20 versus 64±14 normalized units - n.u., p=0.023) were lower in the Obese Group. The LF band (46±20 versus 36±14 n.u., p=0.023) and LF/HF ratio (1.3±1.6 versus 0.7±0.4, p=0.044) were higher in Obese Group.CONCLUSIONS: Obese normotensive children and adolescents present impairment of cardiac autonomic control.

Resting heart rate in children and adolescents: association with blood pressure, exercise and obesity

2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-Y. Kwok ◽  
H.-K. So ◽  
K.-C. Choi ◽  
A. F. C. Lo ◽  
A. M. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Resting Heart Rate

scholarly journals The Impact of Resting Heart Rate and Hypertension on the Prevalence of Stroke in Sudanese Adults: A Population- Based Cross Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 165-175
Author(s):  
D. A. Hassan ◽  
M. I. Elamin ◽  
M. Elamin ◽  
H. M. Beheiry ◽  
A. A. Abdalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Impact

Aims: To investigate the effect of elevated resting heart rate (RHR), hypertension (HTN) and associated risk factors on the prevalence of stroke among Sudanese adults.  Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study based on a survey conducted by Sudanese society of hypertension during the May Month of Measurement (MMM), 2018 campaign. Methods: A total of 12281 respondents (mean age: 32.5±14.5 years, 49% men) were included. Structured questionnaires of demographic data, and self-reported medical history were filled by all respondents and analyzed.  Blood pressure and RHR were measured using an Omron BP monitor. Participants were divided into two main cohorts: normotensive (n=9497, 77.3%) and hypertensive (n=2784, 22.7%) participants. Each cohort was then segregated into three sub-cohorts using RHR tertiles (T1: <79 bpm; T2: RHR: 79 to 100 bpm; and T3:>100 bpm). Results: Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the individual and combined effect of RHR and HTN on prevalence of stroke. Hypertensive patients were more likely to develop stroke compared to normotensive participants (OR= 2. 968, 95% CI 2.028-4.345). Within the hypertensive cohort, RHR T3 participants had a significantly increased risk of stroke compared to RHR T1-T2 combined (OR= 2.35, 95% CI1.043-5.323). Individuals of RHR T3 sub-cohort were more likely to be younger, leaner and displayed significantly higher level of both systolic & diastolic blood pressure compared to RHR T1 and T2 groups. Diabetes Mellitus and smoking increased the odds of stroke among both normotensives (OR (95% CI):5.6 (2.24- 14.09), 3.17 (1.71-6.08 respectively), and hypertensives (OR (95% CI): 4.40 (2.26-8.58), 2.03 (0.95-4.32) respectively). Female gender and older age also increases the odds of stroke among hypertensives (OR (95% CI): 1.85 (1.00- 3.45) and 2.00 (1.02- 4.17) respectively.   In conclusion, this study demonstrated that HTN was an independent risk factor of stroke. The effect of elevated RHR on stroke was only prominent when joined to high blood pressure. Prevalence of tachycardia was higher among the young participants which make them more prone to stroke if the condition is associated with HTN. Our results highlight the importance of addressing elevated RHR to reduce the risk of stroke particularly among hypertensive patients.  

Relationship among anthropometric and hemodynamic variables in public servants of Sergipe

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Patrícia Morgana Ferreira Santos ◽  
Lúcio Marques Vieira Souza ◽  
Jymmys Lopes Dos Santos ◽  
Matheus Amarante Do Nascimento ◽  
Clésio Andrade Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
Hemodynamic Variables

Physical activities have an important prophylactic effect against cardiovascular diseases, as they promote reduction in body weight and blood pressure levels, for example. Individuals working on administrative functions tend to be sedentary, with consequent risk of obesity. However, the relationship among anthropometric and hemodynamic variables is still inconsistent. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the correlation among anthropometric and hemodynamic parameters of public servants. This is an observational and cross-sectional study with a sample of 147 individuals. It was verified that normotensive men had higher body mass index than hypertensive men. In contrast, these individuals showed higher resting heart rate values. It was noted that none of the anthropometric variables were associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure; the associations verified were among anthropometric variables (r = 0.738 - body weight and hip; and r = 0.936 - abdomen and waist circumference). Also, no associations among anthropometric variables, blood pressure indices and resting heart rate were observed. In conclusion, although anthropometric variables are good predictors of body adiposity, they are not necessarily related to hemodynamic variables. The practice of physical activities should be encouraged within work routines, at appropriate times, aiming to improve healthy habits and anthropometric indicators.Keywords: anthropometry, hemodynamics, public servants, cardiovascular risk, adiposity. 

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