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Higher Heart Rate May Predispose to Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus: 20-Year Prospective Study in a General Population
Author(s) -
Yoshiyuki Shigetoh,
H. Adachi,
Shoichi Yamagishi,
Masaru Enomoto,
A. Fukami,
Maki Otsuka,
Shunichi Kumagae,
Kumiko Furuki,
Yasuki Nanjo,
T. Imaizumi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2008.331
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , obesity , prospective cohort study , population , cardiology , endocrinology , environmental health
Emerging evidence indicates an association between sympathetic activation and metabolic syndrome. However, sympathetic activation in metabolic syndrome may be a cause, consequence, or just epiphenomenon. To elucidate this issue, the predictive power of resting heart rate for the development of abnormal glucose and lipid metabolisms after 20 years was evaluated in a general population.

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