Sympathovagal imbalance in transsexual subjects
| Autor: | Alberto Rebora, Eugenia Resmini, Diego Ferone, Massimo Casu, V. Patrone, G. Murialdo, Francesco Minuto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Context (language use) Autonomic Nervous System Endocrinology Sex hormone-binding globulin Heart Rate Risk Factors Internal medicine Heart rate medicine Humans Heart rate variability biology business.industry Power spectral analysis Vagus Nerve Sympathetic activity Autonomic nervous system Cardiovascular Diseases biology.protein Female Autonomic testing business Transsexualism |
| Popis: | Context: Autonomic nervous system imbalance is related to cardiovascular risk. Heart rate variability (HRV) indexes are associated with age, race, and sex, but the role of sex hormones is still unknown. Objective: To evaluate sympathovagal balance (SB) in transsexuals. Patients: Eighteen transsexual subjects, 12 male-to-female (group 1) and 6 female-to-male (group 2), compared with 34 age-matched controls: 17 males (group 3) and 17 females (group 4). Autonomic testing of SB was performed by Power Spectral Analysis (PSA) of HRV in clinostatism (c) and orthostatism (o). PSA identifies power peaks: high frequency (HF) expresses vagal activity, while low frequency (LF) expresses sympathetic activity. Results: Group 1 showed lower LFc than groups 2, 3, and 4 (p |
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