Jordan L Schultz1, Lyndsay A Harshman2, John A Kamholz3, Peg C Nopoulos4. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: Jordan-schultz@uiowa.edu. 2. Stead Family Children's Hospital at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: Lyndsay-harshman@uiowa.edu. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: john-kamholz@uiowa.edu. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Stead Family Children's Hospital at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: peggy-nopoulos@uiowa.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction has been described in adults with motor-manifest Huntington's Disease (HD) or those who are near their predicted motor onset. It is unclear if ANS dysfunction is present years prior to the onset of motor symptoms of HD. To bridge this gap in knowledge, we compared crude markers of ANS function between children with the gene-expansion that causes HD (GE group) who were decades from their predicted motor onset and gene-non-expanded children (GNE group). METHODS: We included participants from the Kids-HD study who were <18 years old. Linear mixed effects regression models were constructed that controlled for sex, age, and BMI, and included a random effect per participant and per family. We compared resting heart rate (rHR), core body temperature (CBT), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) between the GE (n = 84) and GNE (n = 238) groups. We then grouped participants from the GE group based on their predicted years to onset (YTO) and compared their vital signs to the GNE group. RESULTS: The GE group had higher rHR (∆ = 3.83, p = 0.0064), SBP (∆ = 2.38, p = 0.032), and CBT (∆ = 0.16, t = 2.92, p = 0.007). The mean rHR and CBT became significantly elevated compared to the GNE group in participants who had 15-25 YTO and those who had <15 YTO. The mean SBP of participants who had 25-35 YTO was significantly elevated compared to the GNE group. CONCLUSION: ANS dysfunction in HD seems to occur approximately 20 years prior to the predicted onset of motor symptoms of HD.
OBJECTIVE: Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction has been described in adults with motor-manifest Huntington's Disease (HD) or those who are near their predicted motor onset. It is unclear if ANS dysfunction is present years prior to the onset of motor symptoms of HD. To bridge this gap in knowledge, we compared crude markers of ANS function between children with the gene-expansion that causes HD (GE group) who were decades from their predicted motor onset and gene-non-expanded children (GNE group). METHODS: We included participants from the Kids-HD study who were <18 years old. Linear mixed effects regression models were constructed that controlled for sex, age, and BMI, and included a random effect per participant and per family. We compared resting heart rate (rHR), core body temperature (CBT), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) between the GE (n = 84) and GNE (n = 238) groups. We then grouped participants from the GE group based on their predicted years to onset (YTO) and compared their vital signs to the GNE group. RESULTS: The GE group had higher rHR (∆ = 3.83, p = 0.0064), SBP (∆ = 2.38, p = 0.032), and CBT (∆ = 0.16, t = 2.92, p = 0.007). The mean rHR and CBT became significantly elevated compared to the GNE group in participants who had 15-25 YTO and those who had <15 YTO. The mean SBP of participants who had 25-35 YTO was significantly elevated compared to the GNE group. CONCLUSION: ANS dysfunction in HD seems to occur approximately 20 years prior to the predicted onset of motor symptoms of HD.
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