TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stürmer, Marian
AU  - Klinger-König, Johanna
AU  - Vollmer, Marcus
AU  - Weihs, Antoine
AU  - Frenzel, Stefan
AU  - Dörr, Marcus
AU  - Kaderali, Lars
AU  - Felix, Stephan B
AU  - Stubbe, Beate
AU  - Ewert, Ralf
AU  - Völzke, Henry
AU  - Grabe, Hans J
AU  - Krause, Elischa
TI  - Long-term alteration of heart rate variability following childhood maltreatment: Results of a general population study.
JO  - European psychiatry
VL  - 68
IS  - 1
SN  - 0924-9338
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
M1  - DZNE-2025-00758
SP  - e86
PY  - 2025
AB  - Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for mental and physical health problems in adulthood, potentially mediated by long-term autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation. To explore this link, the association between CM and vagal-sensitive heart rate variability (HRV) metrics in adults was examined, accounting for biopsychosocial factors.Data from 4,420 participants in the Study of Health in Pomerania were analyzed, with CM assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. HRV was derived from 10-second electrocardiograms and 5-minute pre-sleep polysomnographic recordings. Post hoc analyses examined abuse and neglect.CM was associated with reduced HRV (logRMSSD: β = -0.20 [95
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Heart Rate: physiology
KW  - Female
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Adult
KW  - Autonomic Nervous System: physiopathology
KW  - Adult Survivors of Child Abuse: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Electrocardiography
KW  - Aged
KW  - Polysomnography
KW  - CTQ (Other)
KW  - ECG (Other)
KW  - RMSSD (Other)
KW  - childhood maltreatment (Other)
KW  - heart rate variability (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:40534159
DO  - DOI:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10040
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/279427
ER  -