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Heart rate response during exercise test and cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged men

Savonen, Kai P., Lakka, Timo A., Laukkanen, Jari A., Halonen, Pirjo M., Rauramaa, Tuomas H., Salonen, Jukka T., Rauramaa, Rainer·2006·European Heart Journal

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AIMS: The objective is to study whether a heart rate (HR) response during exercise test independently predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS: The subjects were a representative sample of 1378 men, 42-61 years of age, from eastern Finland with neither prior coronary heart disease (CHD) nor use of beta-blockers at baseline. HR was measured at rest and during a maximal, symptom-limited exercise test at 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% of maximal workload. During an average follow-up of 11.4 years, there were 56 deaths due to CVD. The slope of HR increase during exercise test was steeper in survivors when compared with those who died due to CVD during follow-up (P<0.001), and the difference in the steepness of HR slope between the groups was the strongest at interval 40-100% (P<0.001). In Cox-multivariable models, maximal HR-HR at 40% workload as a continuous variable was inversely associated with CVD (P=0.04), CHD (P=0.004), and all-cause (P=0.002) mortality after adjustment for known risk factors for CVD death. CONCLUSION: By considering an HR response throughout an exercise test, we found that a blunted HR increase at 40-100% of maximal workload was associated with increased CVD mortality.

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Authors
Savonen, K. P., Lakka, T. A., Laukkanen, J. A., Halonen, P. M., Rauramaa, T. H., Salonen, J. T., & Rauramaa, R.
Affiliations
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
Corresponding author
Savonen, Kai P.
Venue
European Heart Journal
Published
2006-01-06
Volume
27
Issue
5
Pages
582-588
ISSN
  • 0195-668X (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-9645
OpenAlex
W2165723653
Cited by
114
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Heart Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart rate and cardiovascular health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
Keywords
heart rate response, exercise testing, cardiovascular mortality, coronary artery disease, middle-aged men, all-cause mortality, training load, cardiovascular risk prediction
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Electrocardiography, Exercise Test, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Exercise

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