Acute effects of smoking on autonomic modulation: analysis by Poincaré plot.

BACKGROUND Smoking affects the autonomic function. OBJECTIVE To investigate the acute effects of smoking on the autonomic modulation and the post-smoking recovery of the heart rate variability (HRV) index through Poincaré plot and linear indices. METHODS A total of 25 young smokers underwent beat-to-beat analysis of heart rate in the sitting position after 8 hours of tobacco abstinence, for 30 minutes at rest, 20 minutes while smoking and 30 minutes after smoking. The analysis of variance for repeated measures, followed by Tukey's test or Friedman's test followed by Dunn's test, were applied depending on the normality of data, with p < 0.05. RESULTS While smoking, there was a decrease in the indices: SD1 (23.4 ± 9.2 vs 13.8 ± 4.8), SD1/SD2 ratio (0.31 ± 0.08 vs 0.2 ± 0.04), RMSSD (32,7 ± 13 vs 19.1 ± 6.8), SDNN (47.6 ± 14.8 vs 35.5 ± 8.4), HFnu (32,5 ± 11.6 vs 19 ± 8.1) and the RR interval (816.8 ± 89 vs 696.5 ± 76.3) in relation to the rest period, whereas increases in the LFnu index (67.5 ± 11.6 vs 81 ± 8.1) and the LF/HF ratio (2.6 ± 1.7 vs 5.4 ± 3.1) were observed. The visual analysis of the plot showed a lower dispersion of RR intervals while smoking. Except for the SD1/SD2 ratio, the other indices presented recovery of values 30 minutes after smoking. CONCLUSION Smoking resulted in acute modifications of the autonomic control, characterized by sympathetic activation and vagal withdrawal, presenting recovery 30 minutes after smoking.

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