Journal
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00582
Keywords
vagal activity; heart rate variability; sex differences; children; adolescents
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- Physician-Scientist Fellowship by the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg
- Post-Doctoral Scholarship by the Daimler and Benz Foundation (Ladenburg, Germany)
- Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
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Lower vagal activity is associated with psychopathology independent of age. Research suggests that alterations of vagal activity precede the development of psychopathology. The present review aimed to quantify sex differences in vagal activity in children and adolescents. Studies reporting on sex differences on measures of vagally-mediated heart rate variability derived from short-term recordings under resting conditions in boys and girls were included. Drawing on data from more than 5,000 children and adolescents, we provide evidence that healthy young girls display lower vagal activity and greater mean heart rate compared to boys, a finding that may have implications for risk associated with the development of internalizing psychopathology and somatic ill-health.
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