[Heart rate variability and insulin resistance among obese males].

Background: Heart rate variability analysis provides quantitative information about vagal and sympathetic modulation of cardiac function.

Aim: To analyze the relationship between heart rate variability and insulin resistance in obese patients.

Material And Methods: Male participants were studied, divided in 10 obese subjects aged 27 ± 2 years with a body mass index (BMI) of 31.