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Age‐predicted maximal heart rate in healthy subjects: The HUNT F itness Study
Abstract
Maximal heart rate (HRmax) declines substantially with age, but the magnitude and possible modifying effect of gender, body composition, and physical activity are not fully established. The present study examined the relationship between HRmax and age in 3320 healthy men and women within a wide age range using data from the HUNT F itness S tudy (2007–2008). Subjects were included if a maximal effort could be verified during a maximal exercise test. General linear modeling was used to determine the effect of age on HRmax. Subsequently, the effects of gender, body mass index (BMI), physical activity status, and maximal oxygen uptake were examined. Mean predicted HRmax by three former prediction formulas were compared with measured HRmax within 10‐year age groups. HRmax was univariately explained by the formula 211 − 0.64·age (SEE, 10.8), and we found no evidence of interaction with gender, physical activity, VO2max level, or BMI groups. There were only minor age‐adjusted differences in HRmax between these groups. Previously suggested prediction equations underestimated measured HRmax in subjects older than 30 years. HRmax predicted by age alone may be practically convenient for various groups, although a standard error of 10.8 beats/min must be taken into account. HRmax in healthy, older subjects and women were higher than previously reported.
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“The findings in the present study are in close accordance with a study by Tanaka et al. which reported the association between HRmax and age to be 208 - 0.7·age (Tanaka et al., 2001).”
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“An advantage of the individualized protocol with different initial workload levels is that, even in this heterogeneous population, all subjects could be brought to exhaustion within 8–12 min as recommended (Balady et al., 2010).”
BackgroundLongitudinal Modeling of the Relationship between Age and Maximal Heart Rate
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“…proposed equations Our study confirms the findings of several large studies claiming that the long-lived 220-age prediction equation, originally derived by Fox et al. (1971), substantially underestimates HRmax with increasing age (Sheffield et al., 1978; Tanaka et al., 2001; Gellish et al., 2007).”
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- Authors
- Nes, B. M., Janszky, I., Wisløff, U., Støylen, A., & Karlsen, T.
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-02-29
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 697-704
- ISSN
- 0905-7188 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0838
- OpenAlex
- W1844896325
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 27.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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