Resting heart rate associations with violence exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms: sex differences in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic events experienced in childhood can lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disorders in adulthood. Black Americans are disproportionately affected, as they are at increased risk for experiencing childhood trauma and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. One of the hypothesized mechanisms of this association is through long-lasting dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system, a hallmark physiological biomarker of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is twice as prevalent in women compared to men.

Methods

Ninety-one, majority Black American children, aged 9 were recruited to be a part of our longitudinal study of child development at research centers in Atlanta, GA and Detroit, MI. Resting HR was measured through a electrocardiogram (ECG) record

SUBMITTER: Wiltshire CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10976797 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature