Is Active Lifestyle Related to Autonomic Nervous System Function and Lipid Profile in People with Overweight? A Study Pilot

Autonomic nervous system function is an important predictor of physical fitness. The objective this study was to find out the associations autonomic activity parameters, lipid profile, insulin concentrations, and resistance in overweight men with level activity. A descriptive correlational carried 28 men: 14 physically active (PA) inactive (PI). following variables were assessed: Level activity, HRV (heart rate variability), basal insulin, HOMA-IR index (Homeostasis Model Assessment Insulin-Resistance), profile. main results show a positive correlation between spectral parameters total cholesterol (r = 0.24), LDL 0.59), VLDL 0.86), 0.88) sedentary people, evidencing directly proportional BMI. We conclude that weight gain lifestyle are associated increase sympathetic discharge, which, turn, profile levels.