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Heart Rate and Sleep Time: Their Relationship with Growth and Adiposity in Male Infants
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Heart Rate and Sleep Time: Their Relationship with Growth and Adiposity in Male Infants

Gilberto Pereira, Francis Johnston, Shortie McKinney, James Coleman, Janice Kurtz, Marc Horowitz and Jean Rounds
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, v 3(5), pp 759-764
Nov 1984
PMID: 6502377
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https://doi.org/10.1097/00005176-198411000-00022View
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Abstract

In a clinical trial based on the direct relationship between heart rate activity and energy expenditure during awake and asleep states, 21 healthy 18-month-old infants had their heart rate monitored over a period of 24 h and correlated with their nutritional intake, growth parameters, and measurements of adiposity (fat cell size and skinfold thickness). Infants with higher 24-h and asleep heart rates had smaller fat cells (r = −0.50) and skinfold thickness (abdominal r = −0.70, suprailiac r = −0.80, triceps r = −0.67). Infants with higher relative weight had higher heart rates during awake periods (r = 0.60). Infants sleeping for longer periods had higher weight gain velocity from birth (r = 0.51) and higher relative weight (r = 0.54). This study demonstrates the heart rate activity and duration of sleep are related to growth and adipose tissue deposition during infancy.

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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Nutrition & Dietetics
Pediatrics
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