title: [Evaluation of the aging change in cardiac autonomic nervous system by automated clinical measurement].
abstract: The object of this study was to establish normal values for age of clinical tests of autonomic nervous system activity based on an automatic measuring system. Ninety-seven subjects (50 M/47 F) aged 20 to 85 years (average 45 +/- 13 years) with a normal clinical examination and no medication were included in the study. The blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were measured continuously with the Finapres system. After a resting period, the BP and HR were measured continuously in 5 different situations: dorsal decubitus position for 7 minutes; on getting up actively in less than 3 seconds and for 9 minutes in the upright positions, during deep breathing at 6c/min and Valsalva manoeuvre during a handgrip test at 30% of maximal voluntary strength for 3 minutes. A specific programme (ISN-CNRS) initiated the calculations of the test and performed direct and crossed spectral analysis in the lying and standing positions. The average BP was 120 +/- 18/66 +/- 11 mmHg and HR was 67 +/- 9 b/min. A negative linear correlation was observed with age with respect to the 3 tests investigating vagal activity: 30/15 ratio, spontaneous variations of respiration and HR, ratio of HR at the end of Valsalva with r = -0.43, r = -0.60, r = -0.34 (p < 0.001). The other two tests: variation of systolic BP 1 min 30 after standing and variation of diastolic BP during the handgrip did not change with age.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU de Grenoble.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Siché
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Gaudemaris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riachi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longère
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Comparat
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mallion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D017704:Baroreflex; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
vernacular_title: Evaluation de l'altération du système nerveux autonome cardiaque avec l'âge par mesure clinique automatisée.