The Relationship between Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function and Body Composition.

Background: We investigated whether the results of autonomic function tests correlate with body composition and shape in healthy young people.

Methods: We conducted cardiovascular reflex tests (heart rate [HR] and blood pressure [BP] responses to the Valsalva maneuver and HR response to deep breathing) and the tilt table test with 32 subjects (19 males; mean age, 22.1±1.

Autonomic symptom burden is an independent contributor to multiple sclerosis related fatigue.

Objectives: To investigate a possible association between autonomic dysfunction and fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis.

Methods: In 70 people with multiple sclerosis early in the disease course (51 females, mean age 33.8 ± 9.