Effect of excessive infant crying on resting BP, HRV and cardiac autonomic control in childhood.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Early life stress has been shown to influence the developing autonomic nervous system. Stressors in infancy may program the autonomic nervous system resting state set point, affecting cardiovascular function in later life. Excessive crying may be an indicator of increased stress arousal in infancy. We hypothesized that excessive infant crying is related to altered cardiac autonomic nervous system activity and increased blood pressure at age 5-6 years. METHODS:In the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study, excessive crying, maternal burden of infant care and maternal aggressive behavior in the 13th week after birth (range 11-16 weeks) were reported using questionnaires. Blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability and indicators of cardiac autonomic nervous syst

SUBMITTER: Smarius LJCA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5979019 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature