• Eva Zavodna, Natasa Honzikova, Hana Hrstkova, Zuzana Novakova, Jiri Moudr, Miroslav Jira, and Bohumil Fiser.
• Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Komenskeho nam. 2, CZ-662 43 Brno, Czech Republic. ezavod@med.muni.cz
• Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 2006 Dec 1; 84 (12): 1275-83.

AbstractThe aim of the study was to determine changes of baroreflex sensitivity in humans between 11 and 20 years of age. Continuous 5 min blood pressure recordings using a Finapres were taken in 415 healthy subjects while in a sitting, resting position (breathing at a frequency of 0.33 Hz). Beat-by-beat values of interbeat intervals (IBI) or heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured. Baroreflex sensitivity in ms/mmHg (BRS) and in mHz/mmHg (BRSf) was determined at an average frequency of 0.1 Hz by spectral analysis. BRS did not correlate with age, but BRSf significantly decreased with age (p < 0.001). BRS correlated with mean IBI (p < 0.001) in all subjects and also in the particular subgroups, but BRSf was IBI-independent. Results of multiregression equations were BRS = 1.37 - 0.56 x age (years) + 0.02 x IBI (ms) (p < 0.001 for BRS vs. age and for BRS vs. IBI); BRSf = 34.74 - 0.97 x age (years) - 0.001 x IBI (ms) (p < 0.001 only for BRS vs. age), where age was measured in years and IBI was measured in ms. The limits of BRS were estimated for the total group: 5th percentile, 3.9; 50th percentile, 9.1; and 95th percentile, 18.7 ms/mmHg; and limits for BRSf were 5th percentile, 8.5; 50th percentile, 16.4; and 95th percentile, 33.6 mHz/mmHg. We conclude that IBI-dependent BRS was unchanged in the particular age groups, but the standardization of BRS on IBI decreased with age. BRSf was IBI-independent and better reflected the development of the BRS.

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