Protective Role of Resting Heart Rate on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Article

Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.09.011 PMID: 24290115 Web of Science: 000327481000016

Cited authors

  • Saxena, Arpit; Minton, Dawn; Lee, Duck-chul; Sui, Xuemei; Fayad, Raja; Lavie, Carl J.; Blair, Steven N.

Abstract

  • Objective: To study the protective role of lower resting heart rate (RHR) in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality.; Patients and Methods: Patients (n=53,322) who received a baseline medical examination between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 2002, were recruited from the Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas. They completed a medical questionnaire and underwent clinical evaluation. Patients with CVD or cancer or who had less than 1 year of mortality follow-up were excluded from the study. Relative risks and 95% CIs for all-cause and CVD mortality across RHR categories were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models.; Results: Highest cardiorespiratory fitness with lower mortality was found in individuals with an RHR of less than 60 beats/min. Similarly, patients with a higher RHR (>= 80 beats/min) were at greater risk for CVD and all-cause mortality compared with an RHR of less than 60 beats/min. This analysis was followed by stratification of the data by hypertension, where hypertensive individuals with high RHRs (>= 80 beats/min) were found to be at greater risk for CVD and all-cause mortality compared with those with hypertension and lower RHRs (<60 beats/min). In addition, unfit individuals with high RHRs had the greatest risk of CVD and all-cause mortality. The unfit with low RHR group had a similar risk for CVD and all-cause mortality as the fit with high RHR group.; Conclusion: Lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels and higher RHRs are linked to greater CVD and all-cause mortality. (C) 2013 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Publication date

  • 2013

Published in

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0025-6196

Start page

  • 1420

End page

  • 1426

Volume

  • 88

Issue

  • 12