Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Improves Heart Rate Variability in Obese Children
Table 1
Demographic data and 24 h heart rate analysis data of obese children before and after omega-3 fatty acid supplementation.
Parameter
Healthy controls
Baseline
Omega-3 fatty acids
Baseline versus omega-3 fatty acids value2
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
value1
Mean ± SD
value1
Age [years]
ns
ns
ns
Height [cm]
ns
ns
0.0035
BMI [kg/m2]
<0.0001
<0.0001
ns
BMI percentile [%]
<0.0001
<0.0001
ns
24 h heart rate [bpm]
<0.0001
ns
<0.0001
HR, day [bpm]
0.0009
ns
0.0002
HR, night [bpm]
<0.0001
0.035
0.0017
RMSSD [ms]
<0.0001
0.0063
0.0008
pNN50 [%]
<0.0001
0.014
0.0009
SDNN [ms]
<0.0001
0.0007
0.0043
Unpaired t-test used for healthy controls and baseline/omega-3 fatty acids (italic). 2Paired t-test used for baseline and omega-3 fatty acids (bold). ns = not significant.