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ArticleJornal brasileiro de nefrologia

Cardiovascular rhythmicity in overweight and obese children.

Catarina Pinto-Silva, Ana Correia-Costa, Cláudia Moura, Cláudia Mota, António Guerra, José Carlos Areias, Franz Schaefer, Alberto Caldas Afonso, Elke Wühl, Ana Azevedo and 1 more

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Article in Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in children and adolescents with obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Catarina Pinto-SilvaCentro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Divisão de Pediatria, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-4149
Ana Correia-CostaUniversidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Divisão de Pediatria, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3197-5842
Cláudia MouraUniversidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Divisão de Pediatria, Porto, Portugal.
Cláudia MotaUniversidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Divisão de Pediatria, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7888-2351
António GuerraCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Divisão de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-3911
José Carlos AreiasUniversidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Divisão de Pediatria, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-2518
Franz SchaeferUniversidade de Heidelberg, Centro de Pediatria e Medicina do Adolescente, Divisão de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Heidelberg, Alemanha.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7564-9937
Alberto Caldas AfonsoCentro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Unidade de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2574-4132
Elke WühlUniversidade de Heidelberg, Centro de Pediatria e Medicina do Adolescente, Divisão de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Heidelberg, Alemanha.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-2620
Ana AzevedoUniversidade do Porto, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-9609
Liane Correia-CostaCentro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Unidade de Nefrologia Pediátrica, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-090X
Universidade do Porto · PTHeidelberg University · DEHospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PTHospital de São João · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionObesity is thought to play a role in the disruption of cardiac rhythmicity in obese children, but this is mostly an unexplored field of investigation. We aimed to evaluate the impact of overweight and obesity on circadian and ultradian cardiovascular rhythmicity of prepubertal children, in comparison with normal weight counterparts.

methodsWe performed a cross sectional study of 316 children, followed in the birth cohort Generation XXI (Portugal). Anthropometrics and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure were measured and profiles were examined with Fourier analysis for circadian and ultradian blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) rhythms.

resultsOverweight/obese children presented more frequently a non-dipping BP pattern than normal weight counterparts (31.5% vs. 21.6%, p = 0.047). The prevalence of 24-hour mean arterial pressure (MAP) and 8-hour HR rhythmicity was significantly lower in obese children (79.3% vs. 88.0%, p = 0.038 and 33.3% vs. 45.2%, p = 0.031, respectively). The prevalence of the remaining MAP and HR rhythmicity was similar in both groups. No differences were found in the median values of amplitudes and acrophases of MAP and HR rhythms. DISCUSSION: The alterations found in rhythmicity suggest that circadian and ultradian rhythmicity analysis might be sensitive in detecting early cardiovascular dysregulations, but future studies are needed to reinforce our findings and to better understand their long-term implications.

Indexed as

HypertensionPediatric ObesityBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryChildCircadian RhythmCross-Sectional StudiesHumansOverweight

Identifiers

PMID37527530
PMCPMC10726656
OpenAlexW4385418358

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