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February 10, 2018StressOpen Access

Cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of the association between chronic stress and high-fat diet in rats

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Key result

High-fat diet increased basal heart rate (~10%) and evoked metabolic disruptions independently of chronic variable stress, which increased cardiac sympathetic activity (~65%).

Why the study?

Does the combination of high-fat diet and chronic variable stress exacerbate cardiovascular and metabolic disturbances in rats compared to either factor alone?

Population

Male Wistar rats (n=32)

Comparison

High-fat diet combined with chronic variable… vs Standard chow diet without stress, HFD without…

Design

Preclinical

Follow-up

4 weeks

Authors

BSBruna B. SimasENEverson Araújo NunesCCCarlos C. Crestani

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Overview

High-fat diet and chronic stress independently affect rat cardiac parameters; leaves open synergistic cardiometabolic effects in humans.

Structured PICO

Does the combination of high-fat diet and chronic variable stress exacerbate cardiovascular and metabolic disturbances in rats compared to either factor alone?

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Population
32 male Wistar rats evaluated for cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of high-fat diet and chronic variable stress over four weeks.
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Intervention
High-fat diet (HFD) combined with chronic variable stress (CVS) for 4 weeks
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Comparator
Standard chow diet (SD) without stress, HFD without stress, and SD with CVS
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Outcome
Cardiovascular function, autonomic activity, dietary intake, adiposity and metabolismsurrogate

In a rat model, high-fat diet and chronic variable stress independently induce cardiovascular and metabolic disturbances without synergistic interaction on autonomic imbalance.

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Simas et al. (2018) studied Cardiovascular and metabolic disturbances (n=32). High-fat diet (HFD) and chronic variable stress (CVS) vs. Standard chow diet (SD) and no stress was evaluated on Cardiovascular function, autonomic activity, dietary intake, adiposity and metabolism. High-fat diet increased basal heart rate (~10%) and evoked metabolic disruptions independently of chronic variable stress, which increased cardiac sympathetic activity (~65%).

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a896ddd0e4958e0bcf7c49ehttps://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2018.1437413
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