Association between obesity and ECG variables in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Li‑Qiang Zheng, Yuan Li, Xiao‑Fan Guo, Xin‑Gang Zhang, Yun‑Di Jiao, Xing‑Hu Zhou, Guo‑Zhe Sun, Ying Xian Sun, Yang Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
obesity
Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Cross-sectional study electrocardiography Overweight abdominal obesity axes QRS complex children Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) intervals Internal medicine medicine adolescents cardiovascular diseases PR interval Abdominal obesity medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Articles General Medicine Blood pressure Cardiology Observational study medicine.symptom business Electrocardiography |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1792-1015 1792-0981 |
| Popis: | Obesity exhibits a wide variety of electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities in adults, which often lead to cardiovascular events. However, there is currently no evidence of an association between obesity and ECG variables in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to explore the associations between obesity and ECG intervals and axes in children and adolescents. A cross-sectional observational study of 5,556 students aged 5–18 years was performed. Anthropometric data, blood pressure and standard 12-lead ECGs were collected for each participant. ECG variables were measured manually based on the temporal alignment of simultaneous 12 leads using a CV200 ECG Work Station. Overweight and obese groups demonstrated significantly longer PR intervals, wider QRS durations and leftward shifts of frontal P-wave, QRS and T-wave axes, while the obese group also demonstrated significantly higher heart rates, compared with normal weight groups within normotensive or hypertensive subjects (P0.05). The results of the current study indicate that in children and adolescents, general and abdominal obesity is associated with longer PR intervals, wider QRS duration and a leftward shift of frontal P-wave, QRS and T-wave axes, independent of age, gender, ethnicity and blood pressure. |
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