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Autonomic function and change in insulin for exercising postmenopausal women.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20022188     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: Obesity, physical inactivity and altered estrogen metabolism play an integrated role contributing to the disease risk profiles of postmenopausal women. These same risk factors also affect modulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
METHODS: We examined 332 postmenopausal, overweight, previously sedentary women (mean+/-SD; age, 57.6+/-6.3 years; weight, 84.3+/-11.9kg; BMI, 31.7+/-3.7kg/m(2)) participating in a 6-month, moderate intensity, aerobic exercise training intervention to determine the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) derived autonomic function and fasting insulin. We analyzed quartiles of change in time and frequency domain indices of ANS activity and changes in insulin for between and within group differences using ANCOVA and Tukey post hoc tests adjusted for age, ethnicity, randomization group, change in fitness, and change in weight.
RESULTS: We observed at baseline that insulin was positively correlated with body anthropometry (body weight, r(2)=0.34; BMI, r(2)=0.39; waist circumference, r(2)=0.29; all, P<0.001), and inversely associated with rMSSD (r(2)=-0.12) and SDNN (r(2)=-0.18; all, P<0.01). After the intervention, changes in rMSSD (r(2)=-0.21, P<0.002) and SDNN r(2) -0.19, P<0.0001) were inversely correlated to insulin change. Further ANCOVA analysis revealed that rMSSD and SDNN were both significant (P<0.0001); however, only rMSSD exhibited a step-wise pattern of improvement when quartiles of rMSSD were compared to corresponding insulin reductions: Q1 (referent group, 8.41+/-3.2uIU/ml), Q2 (-3.30+/--3.2uIU/ml), Q3 (-5.66+/--3.2uIU/ml; P<0.02), and Q4 (-9.60+/--3.2uIU/ml; P<0.006).
CONCLUSION: Our study shows that changes in autonomic function are associated with changes in insulin and that exercise training may influence this relationship in postmenopausal women.
Authors:
Conrad P Earnest; Paul Poirier; Mercedes R Carnethon; Steven N Blair; Timothy S Church
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Maturitas     Volume:  65     ISSN:  1873-4111     ISO Abbreviation:  Maturitas     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-17     Completed Date:  2010-06-08     Revised Date:  2011-07-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7807333     Medline TA:  Maturitas     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  284-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Preventive Medicine, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA, United States. conrad.earnest@pbrc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / physiology
Analysis of Variance
Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology*
Body Size
Exercise / physiology*
Female
Humans
Insulin / blood*
Middle Aged
Overweight / blood,  physiopathology*
Physical Fitness / physiology
Postmenopause / physiology*
Sedentary Lifestyle
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL66262/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL066262-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
11061-68-0/Insulin
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