Low resting heart rate is associated with violence in late adolescence: a prospective birth cohort study in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth violence is a major global public health problem. Three UK and Swedish studies suggest that low resting heart rate predicts male youth violence, but this has not been tested in other social settings nor for females.

Methods

A prospective, population-based birth cohort study was conducted in Pelotas, Brazil. Heart rate was measured using a wrist monitor at ages 11, 15 and 18 years. Violent crime and non-violent crime were measured at age 18 in self-reports and official records (N = 3618). Confounding variables were assessed in the perinatal period and at age 11, in interviews with mothers and children. Logistic regression was used to estimate associations between quartiles of heart rate at each age, and violent and non-violent crime at age 18, separately for

SUBMITTER: Murray J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4864875 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature