Key result
Advancing age was associated with a significant decline in overall autonomic and parasympathetic activities in both genders, with men exhibiting a stronger negative correlation between age and total power (r=-0.665, p<0.001) compared to women (r=-0.447, p=0.007).
Population
99 healthy volunteers aged 21 to 68, mean age 36.4. Excluded individuals with clinical evidence of…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform age- and sex-stratified autonomic assessments; leaves open longitudinal studies on causality and interventions.
Cross-Sectional (n=99)
No
Effect estimate: r = -0.665
p-value: p=<0.001
Autonomic and parasympathetic activities attenuate with age in both genders, with men experiencing a more abrupt decline in their thirties compared to a more gradual decline in women.
Yukishita et al. (2010) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy (n=99). Advancing age vs. Younger age groups was evaluated on Correlation between age and total power (Ln TP) of heart rate variability (r = -0.665, p=<0.001). Advancing age was associated with a significant decline in overall autonomic and parasympathetic activities in both genders, with men exhibiting a stronger negative correlation between age and total power (r=-0.665, p<0.001) compared to women (r=-0.447, p=0.007).
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