Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the response of autonomic cardiac control to postural change using spectral analysis, in patients with anorexia nervosa. Spectral components of total variability as well as of low and high frequencies were analyzed for 17 anorexic patients with mean body mass index (14.9 ? 1.9) kg/m2 and for 9 healthy age-matched women with body mass index (20.3 ? 1.7) kg/m2, in supine and standing postures. During standing posture, increased heart rate in all subjects was accompanied by the decrease in total variability and high frequency spectral powers. In supine posture, anorexic patients demonstrated the reduced low frequency spectral power. Compared to control women, during standing posture anorexic patients showed higher heart rate, reduced total variability and high frequency spectral powers. Statistically significant correlation was noticed between body mass index and spectral power of low frequency in both supine and standing posture. Alterations in autonomic cardiac control induced by anorexia nervosa could be estimated by spectral analysis of heart period variability.Cilj rada je da se spektralnom analizom ispita reakcija autonomne srcane kontrole na polozaj tela kod bolesnika sa anoreksijom nervozom. Spektralne komponente ukupne varijabilnosti, niskih i visokih frekvencija, u polozajima lezanja i stajanja, analizovane su za 17 bolesnica sa anoreksijom. Srednja vrednost indeksa njihove telesne mase iznosila je 14,9 ? 1,9 kg/m2. Iste komponente ispitivane su kod 9 zdravih devojaka jednake starosti, index telesne mase 20,3 ? 1,7 kg/m2. Tokom stajanja je kod svih osoba povisena srcana frekvencija pracena smanjenjem spektralnih komponenti ukupne varijabilnosti i visoke frekvencije. U fazi lezanja, bolesnice sa anoreksijom ispoljile su redukovanost spektralne komponente niskih frekvencija. U poredjenju sa kontrolnom grupom one su tokom stajanja imale visu srcanu frekvenciju, kao i redukovane spektralne komponente ukupne varijabilnosti i visoke frekvencije. Indeks telesne mase statisticki je znacajno korelisan sa spektralnom komponentom niskih frekvencija u oba polozaja. Anoreksijom indukovana promena u autonomnoj srcanoj modulaciji moze da bude procenjena spektralnom analizom varijabilnosti srcanih perioda.
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Platisa, M., Gal, V., & Damjanovic, S. (2005). Spectral analysis of heart period variability in anorexia nervosa. Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 62(1), 27–31. https://doi.org/10.2298/vsp0501027p
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