Open AccessDifferentiation of Overweight from Normal Weight Young Adults by Postprandial Heart Rate Variability and Systolic Blood Pressure
Author(s) -
Lauren Rachelle Taffe,
Kimani A. Stancil,
Ver Bond,
Sudhakar Pemminati,
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla,
Kishan Kadur,
Richard M. Millis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20410.8343
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , blood pressure , body mass index , heart rate , obesity , cardiology , postprandial , heart rate variability , endocrinology , insulin
Obesity and cardiovascular disease are inextricably linked and the health community's response to the current epidemic of adolescent obesity may be improved by the ability to target adolescents at highest risk for developing cardiovascular disease in the future. Overweight manifests early as autonomic dysregulation and current methods do not permit differentiation of overweight adolescents or young adults at highest risk for developing cardiovascular disease.