Cardiovascular autonomic nervous function in children conceived by assisted reproductive technology with frozen or fresh embryo transfer.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
; 326(1): H216-H222, 2024 Jan 01.
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ABSTRACT
As a result of epigenetic changes, children conceived by assisted reproduction may be at risk of premature cardiovascular aging with notably increased blood pressures. Their cardiovascular autonomic nervous function is unknown. Therefore, this study investigated the cardiovascular autonomic nervous function in 8-12-yr-old children (51% girls) conceived naturally (n = 33) or by assisted reproduction with frozen (n = 34) or fresh (n = 38) embryo transfer by evaluating heart rate variability, during rest; from provocation maneuvers; and from baroreflex function. Heart rate and blood pressure response to provocation maneuvers and baroreflex function were comparable between children conceived naturally or by assisted reproduction. The mean RR-interval and high-frequency component of heart rate variability were lower in children conceived by assisted reproduction than in children conceived naturally. Children conceived by fresh embryo transfer had â¼17% lower heart rate-corrected standard deviation of normal-to-normal R-R intervals; â¼22% lower heart rate-corrected square root of the mean of the squared difference between successive R-R intervals; and â¼37% higher low-frequency/high-frequency ratio than naturally conceived children. Children conceived by assisted reproduction still had lower heart rate variability and vagal modulation than naturally conceived children after adjustment for confounders. Thus, these results raise the possibility of sympathetic predominance in children conceived by assisted reproduction. Therefore, it is important to reproduce these results in larger and older cohorts as sympathetic predominance relates with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We observed that children conceived by assisted reproductive technology (both frozen and fresh embryo transfer) had lowered heart rate variability during rest as compared with children conceived naturally. During physiological stress maneuvers, however, the cardiovascular autonomic nervous regulation was comparable between children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies and naturally. Our findings highlight the potential that lowered heart rate variability during rest in children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies may precede premature hypertension.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nacimiento Prematuro
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Hipertensión
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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FISIOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
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Dinamarca