Korean Circ J.  2005 Mar;35(3):228-232. 10.4070/kcj.2005.35.3.228.

Relationship between Heart Rate Reduction and Insulin Resistance in Normoglycemic Individuals

• Seo HI
• Sung KC
• Shin HS
• Hwang SJ
• Park SK
• Kim BJ
• Kim BS
• Kang JH
• Lee MH
• Park JR
• Rhee EJ
• Lee WY
• Kim SW
• Keum DG

• KMID: 2093923
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2005.35.3.228

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
It is well known that, regardless of whether a person has cardiovascular diseases, the reduction of heart rate after exercise reflects the impairment of the autonomic nervous system. It is also a predictive factor of death rate and it correlates to insulin resistance. Therefore, we assessed these correlations in normoglycemic subjects.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Exercise stress testing was performed according to the Bruce protocol. Anthropometric indices of adiposity, metabolic variables, blood pressure (BP) and several cardiovascular risk factors were measured. The HOMA index was used as the insulin resistance, and the impairment of the autonomic nervous system was assessed by measuring the reduction of heart rate for 2 minutes after the cessation of exercise.
RESULTS
The reduction of heart rate during 2 minutes after the cessation of exercise statistically correlated with the HOMA index, gender, age, body mass index, the waist circumference, heart rate during rest, the maximum heart rate, serum total cholesterol concentration, serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration and serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration, (p<0.05). However, on multiple regression analysis, the HOMA index, gender, heart rate during rest, and the maximum heart rate significantly correlated to the reduction of heart rate during 2 minutes after the cessation of exercise.
CONCLUSION
In individuals with normal serum glucose levels, even after adjustment was made for other factors, the reduction of heart rate after the cessation of exercise correlated to insulin resistance. Hence, in individuals with normal serum glucose levels, efforts to improve insulin resistance have to be made, and prospective study on this subject is required.

Keyword

Insulin resistance; Autonomic dysfunction

MeSH Terms

Adiposity
Autonomic Nervous System
Blood Glucose
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol, LDL
Exercise Test
Heart Rate*
Heart*
Humans
Insulin Resistance*
Insulin*
Mortality
Risk Factors
Waist Circumference
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol, LDL
Insulin