The Epidemiology of Resting Heart Rate in a Male Working Population: Association with Blood Pressure, Age, Smoking Habits and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Author(s):  
R. Fogari ◽  
A. Zoppi ◽  
G. Marasi ◽  
P. Preti ◽  
A. Mugellini ◽  
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Open Heart ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e001445
Author(s):  
Christian Zambach ◽  
Artur Fedorowski ◽  
Yan Borné ◽  
Linda S B Johnson ◽  
Sofia Gerward ◽  
...  

ObjectiveMortality caused by coronary artery disease has markedly decreased in recent years. However, a substantial proportion of patients suffering a coronary event (CE) die within the first day, most of them out of hospital. We aimed to investigate how established cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and CV autonomic indices associate with fatal versus non-fatal CEs in the population.Methods33 057 individuals (mean age; 45.6 years; 10 773 women) free of coronary artery disease at baseline were included. Baseline examination, including assessment of traditional CV risk factors and autonomic indices such as heart rate and orthostatic reaction, was performed during 1974–1992, after which the subjects were monitored for incident CV disease. The Lunn-McNeil competing risks approach with a prespecified multivariable model was used to assess differences in risks for fatal and non-fatal CEs in relation to baseline CV risk factors.ResultsDuring follow-up period of 29.7 years, 5494 subjects (6.10/1000 person-years) had first CE; 1554 of these were fatal. Age, male gender, smoking, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, pulse pressure and resting heart rate had stronger relationships with fatal CE than with non-fatal events. The effects of diabetes, serum cholesterol, antihypertensive treatment and orthostatic blood pressure responses were similar for fatal and non-fatal CE.ConclusionsSeveral cardiovascular risk factors, such as smoking, high BMI, blood pressure and high resting heart rate, were preferentially associated with fatal compared with non-fatal CEs. These observations may require special attention in the overall efforts to further reduce coronary artery disease mortality.


2015 ◽  
Vol 174 (12) ◽  
pp. 1621-1628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breno Quintella Farah ◽  
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro ◽  
P. Babu Balagopal ◽  
Bruno Remigio Cavalcante ◽  
Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-192
Author(s):  
Hamideh Yaghoobi ◽  
Sahar Mohammadi ◽  
Samaneh Sardashti ◽  
Seddigheh Abbaspour ◽  
Tahere Sarboozi Hossein-Abadi

Background: People with low-mobility are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) are less interested in participating in exercise activities due to the nature of the disease. Regular exercise and physical activity can play protective roles against heart disease by reducing risk factors. This study aimed to compare the effects of aerobic and resistance training on cardiovascular risk factors in women with PD. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 45 women with PD who were randomly assigned to one of three groups: aerobic, resistance groups, and control group. Before and after training sessions, variables of weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), heart rate at rest state, maximum oxygen consumption, blood pressure, and lipid profiles of participants were measured. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21 and Paired Sample t-test, ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc test. A significant level of P≤0.05 was considered. Results: Demographics of physiological characteristics of subjects was congruent in all three groups in the baseline. After aerobic and resistance training, levels of triglyceride, LDL, total cholesterol, fat percentage, resting heart rate, weight, BMI and systolic blood pressure were significantly decreased (p<0.05). This change was more pronounced in the aerobic group; in contrast, variables of maximum oxygen consumption and HDL were meaningfully increased in participants of both experimental groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results showed that both types of aerobic and resistance training can reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in women with PD, while the effect of aerobic training on reducing risk factors was more than resistance training.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Fuhrmann ◽  
David Nesbitt ◽  
Meredith Shafto ◽  
James B. Rowe ◽  
Darren Price ◽  
...  

AbstractCardiovascular health declines with age, increasing the risk of hypertension and elevated heart rate in middle- and old age. Here, we used multivariate techniques to investigate the associations between cardiovascular health (diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure and heart rate) and white matter macrostructure (lesion volume and number), and microstructure (as measured by Diffusion Weighted Imaging) in the cross-sectional, population-based Cam-CAN cohort (N = 667, aged 18 to 88). We found that cardiovascular health and age made approximately similar contributions to white matter health and explained up to 56% of variance. Lower diastolic blood pressure, higher systolic blood pressure and higher heart rate were each strongly, and independently, associated with white matter abnormalities on all indices. Body mass and exercise were associated with white matter health, both directly and indirectly via cardiovascular health. These results highlight the importance of cardiovascular risk factors for white matter health across the adult lifespan and suggest that systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate affect white matter via separate mechanisms.


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