RELATIVE ROLE OF OBESITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS ON AUTONOMIC MODULATION

Authors

  • Kishan kadur Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University
  • Prashanth N Dixit Mandya institute of medical sciences, Mandya.Karnataka
  • Ramaswamy C KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
  • Raghavendra Babu Y P KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
  • Ashoka H G JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka
  • Vinodini N A KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
  • Pratik K Chatterjee KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
  • Chandana Bhargavi Yenepoya medical college, Yenepoya university, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v3i2.300

Keywords:

Occupational hazards, HRV, obesity, SDANN, BMI

Abstract

In the present day world every occupation induces various degrees of stress on individual although the perception may vary in individual to individual and in certain occupation it is greatest and such occupations are called hazardous occupation. The driver who is taking driving as a profession and exposed in transport industry also has to do shift work. Stress induces a wide range of physiological and or behavioral changes that have evolved along phylogeny which take place under different situations1. Shift work is associated with an increased rate of cardiovascular disease and accidents. Discordance between circadian rhythm of stress related biological variables and the work sleep schedule explains the reduced efficiency of work. In obese persons we see increased sympathetic modulation of arterial pressure. Studies showed that there was a decreased LF and HF component of HRV in obese individual when compared with normal11. Spectral analysis showed that obese individual will have low LF component. This low LF power of heart rate reflects the diminished adrenocepter responsiveness12. Thus both obesity and driving (hazardous occupation) have got profound adverse effect on autonomic activity. The present study was devised to evaluate the chief determinant factor among these drivers in the modulation of autonomic activity.

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Author Biographies

  • Kishan kadur, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University
    Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Physiology
  • Prashanth N Dixit, Mandya institute of medical sciences, Mandya.Karnataka
    Department of physiology
  • Ramaswamy C, KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
    Department of physiology
  • Raghavendra Babu Y P, KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
    Department of forensic medicine
  • Ashoka H G, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka
    Department of Medicine
  • Vinodini N A, KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
    Department of physiology
  • Pratik K Chatterjee, KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka
    Department of physiology
  • Chandana Bhargavi, Yenepoya medical college, Yenepoya university, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka
    Department of Anatomy

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Published

2012-03-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Feb

Section

Original Research Articles

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RELATIVE ROLE OF OBESITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS ON AUTONOMIC MODULATION. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2012 Mar. 1 [cited 2026 Mar. 8];3(2):109-13. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/715