Infant heart rate (electrocardiography)

Heart rate is the number of times a heart beats per minute and normally ranges between 60 and 100 times for adults. Heart rate variability is the time fluctuation between heart beats.

Heart rate was registered using a precordial, three-pole electrocardiogram (ECG) lead, with a 512 Hz sampling frequency. For each participant, we manually selected 100 to 180 seconds of the ECG, where breathing was most regular.

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  • Generation R

  • 1 year
    •   C
    10 months - 41 months   From 2003-01-01 to 2007-12-31
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    ECG
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Infant heart rate
    Measure name Electrocardiography (ECG): Autonomic nervous system
    References
    ORTIZ, J., & RAINE, A. (2004). Heart Rate Level and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(2), 154–162. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200402000-00010
    Dierckx, B., Tulen, J. H. M., van den Berg, M. P., Tharner, A., Jaddoe, V. W., Moll, H. A., Hofman, A., Verhulst, F. C., & Tiemeier, H. (2009). Maternal Psychopathology Influences Infant Heart Rate Variability: Generation R Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(3), 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0b013e318198a82c
    Dierckx, B., Tulen, J. H. M., Tharner, A., Jaddoe, V. W., Hofman, A., Verhulst, F. C., & Tiemeier, H. (2011). Low autonomic arousal as vulnerability to externalising behaviour in infants with hostile mothers. Psychiatry Research, 185(1–2), 171–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.09.014
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