Heart rate and mortality in a Japanese general population:: An 18-year follow-up study

摘要: Abstract The predictive power of elevated heart rate for total mortality was evaluated in a Japanese general population. A 573 male participants, aged 40 to 64, who underwent health examination 1977, were followed until 1994. Heart (beats per minute; bpm) measured using an electrocardiogram. During the 18 years, 82 subjects died; from cerebro-cardiovascular diseases and 36 cancer. In multivariate proportional hazards regression model, age, systolic diastolic blood pressures, antihypertensive medication, rate, uric acid, vital capacity (inversely), serum cholesterol (inversely) significantly associated with all-cause death. Of these variables, strongest predictor death after adjustment age. Resting levels classified into five groups: