Assessment of vegetative regulation in young people

Purpose. To estimate the prevalence and type of disturbance of the vegetative regulation in young adults and to compare the frequency of autonomic dysfunction with the severity of the phenotypic manifestations of inherited connective tissue disorders (ICTD). Methods. 350 young adults were examined in a clinical study (collection of complaints), and with help the special “questionnaire for detection of signs of autonomic dysfunction”. At 61 young men was performed Holter ECG monitoring and cardiovascular tests D. Ewing. Results. The average number of complaints in the group of 317 healthy students was 6.5 ± 1.7. Almost all of the complaints have found significantly more frequent in girls. Examination with help special questioning for detection of autonomic dysfunction (AD) revealed AD a bit more often in girls than in boys (79 % and 64 %, respectively). Due to gender differences, further study carried out in a group of 61 young men. Нeart rate variability and autonomic test results in the groups of young men with and without AD according to the questionnaire did not reveal significant differences. At the same time in 30 % of young men without AD according to questionnaire have found an abnormal result in the active orthostatic test (AOT). Estimation of anthropometric indices and clinical features of inherited connective tissue disorders revealed that young men with AD based on the results of the questionnaire have more of skeletal and skin symptoms than that of young men without AD. The involvement of the skeletal system was present significantly frequently in young men with abnormal result AOP than that of young men with a normal result of AOP (90% and 55% respectively, p < 0,001). Conclusion. Our study showed that AD present in the majority of young people. However, most often both subjective and objective signs of autonomic disorders common in young people with signs ICTD.