1. Resting high-frequency heart rate variability moderates the association between early-life adversity and body adiposity.
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Curtis, David S, Fuller-Rowell, Thomas E, Hinnant, J Benjamin, Kaeppler, Alexander K, and Doan, Stacey N
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ADIPOSE tissues , *BODY composition , *HEART beat , *HEART rate monitoring , *LIFE change events , *SELF-evaluation , *STATURE , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *BODY mass index , *WAIST circumference , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
This study investigates resting high-frequency heart rate variability as a moderator of the association between early-life adversity and two measures of body adiposity. Data were collected from 149 young adults attending a large university in the Midwestern United States (Mage = 18.8 years; 45% black; 55% white; 56% female). Self-reported early-life adversity was associated with greater waist-to-height ratio and body mass index. The strength of these associations was moderated by high-frequency heart rate variability, such that the link was stronger for individuals with lower heart rate variability. Resting high-frequency heart rate variability thus has potential health significance as a biomarker of stress vulnerability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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