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Unexpected Course of Nonlinear Cardiac Interbeat Interval Dynamics during Childhood and Adolescence

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  • Dirk Cysarz
  • Maijana Linhard
  • Friedrich Edelhäuser
  • Alfred Längler
  • Peter Van Leeuwen
  • Günter Henze
  • Georg Seifert

Abstract

The fluctuations of the cardiac interbeat series contain rich information because they reflect variations of other functions on different time scales (e.g., respiration or blood pressure control). Nonlinear measures such as complexity and fractal scaling properties derived from 24 h heart rate dynamics of healthy subjects vary from childhood to old age. In this study, the age-related variations during childhood and adolescence were addressed. In particular, the cardiac interbeat interval series was quantified with respect to complexity and fractal scaling properties. The R-R interval series of 409 healthy children and adolescents (age range: 1 to 22 years, 220 females) was analyzed with respect to complexity (Approximate Entropy, ApEn) and fractal scaling properties on three time scales: long-term (slope β of the power spectrum, log power vs. log frequency, in the frequency range 10−4 to 10−2 Hz) intermediate-term (DFA, detrended fluctuation analysis, α2) and short-term (DFA α1). Unexpectedly, during age 7 to 13 years β and ApEn were higher compared to the age 13 years (β: −1.06 vs. −1.21; ApEn: 0.88 vs. 0.74). Hence, the heart rate dynamics were closer to a 1/f power law and most complex between 7 and 13 years. However, DFA α1 and α2 increased with progressing age similar to measures reflecting linear properties. In conclusion, the course of long-term fractal scaling properties and complexity of heart rate dynamics during childhood and adolescence indicates that these measures reflect complex changes possibly linked to hormonal changes during pre-puberty and puberty.

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  • Dirk Cysarz & Maijana Linhard & Friedrich Edelhäuser & Alfred Längler & Peter Van Leeuwen & Günter Henze & Georg Seifert, 2011. "Unexpected Course of Nonlinear Cardiac Interbeat Interval Dynamics during Childhood and Adolescence," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(5), pages 1-9, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0019400
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019400
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