Key result
Vegetarian and nonvegetarian diets significantly influenced heart rate variability across genders, with significant differences in the LF/HF ratio between male and female vegetarians (p<0.001).
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is a major global mortality threat, and the study aimed to determine variations in heart rate variability parameters among adult and adolescent males and females based on vegetarian and nonvegetarian diets.
Does a vegetarian versus nonvegetarian diet affect cardiac autonomic function measured by heart rate variability differently in male and female subjects?
Cross-Sectional (n=180)
Does a vegetarian versus nonvegetarian diet affect cardiac autonomic function measured by heart rate variability differently in male and female subjects?
Gender and dietary habits (vegetarian vs nonvegetarian) significantly influence cardiac autonomic function as measured by heart rate variability, with male nonvegetarians showing predominant sympathetic activity.
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Vegetarian diets may influence sex-specific HRV patterns; hypothesis-generating and leaves open causal effects pending longitudinal data.
George et al. (2020) reported a cross-sectional. Vegetarian and nonvegetarian diet vs. Between diet and gender groups was evaluated on Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters (time and frequency domain variables). Vegetarian and nonvegetarian diets significantly influenced heart rate variability across genders, with significant differences in the LF/HF ratio between male and female vegetarians (p<0.001).
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