A Prospective Population Study of Resting Heart Rate and Peak Oxygen Uptake (the HUNT Study, Norway)

Javaid Nauman, Stian Thoresen Aspenes, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen, Lars J Vatten and Ulrik Wisløff

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 9, 1-9

Abstract: Objectives: We assessed the prospective association of resting heart rate (RHR) at baseline with peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) 23 years later, and evaluated whether physical activity (PA) could modify this association. Background: Both RHR and VO2peak are strong and independent predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, the association of RHR with VO2peak and modifying effect of PA have not been prospectively assessed in population studies. Methods: In 807 men and 810 women free from cardiovascular disease both at baseline (1984–86) and follow-up 23 years later, RHR was recorded at both occasions, and VO2peak was measured by ergospirometry at follow-up. We used Generalized Linear Models to assess the association of baseline RHR with VO2peak, and to study combined effects of RHR and self-reported PA on later VO2peak. Results: There was an inverse association of RHR at baseline with VO2peak (p

Date: 2012
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