Dysfunction of Autonomic Nervous System in Childhood Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baum, Petra ^a   Petroff, David ^a   Classen, Joseph ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a,b   Blüher, Susann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRICTION VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIGHT REFLEX LATENCY; LOW FREQUENCY POWER TO HIGH FREQUENCY POWER RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PUBERTY; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOGRAPHY; RATIO OF LONGEST RR INTERVAL DURING EXPIRATION TO SHORTEST INTERVAL INSPIRATION RATIO; REDILATION VELOCITY; RELATIVE LIGHT REFLEX AMPLITUDE; ROOT MEAN OF SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENCES; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84872845574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054546     Document Type: Article

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