The association between resting heart rate, cardiovascular disease and mortality: Evidence from 112,680 men and women in 12 cohorts

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 719-726

  Woodward, Mark ^a,b   Webster, Ruth ^a   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Barzi, Federica ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^d   Fang, Xianghua ^e   Suh, Il ^f   Batty, G David ^a,g   Huxley, Rachel ^a,h   Rodgers, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Australia; cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; heart failure; mortality; myocardial infarction; Resting heart rate; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901651057     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312452501     Document Type: Article

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