Open AccessCorrelates of Heart Rate Recovery over 20 Years in a Healthy Population Sample
Author(s) -
Mercedes R. Carnethon,
Barbara Sternfeld,
Kiang Liu,
David R. Jacobs,
Pamela J. Schreiner,
O. Dale Williams,
Cora E. Lewis,
Stephen Sidney
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31822cb190
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , cardiology , waist , metabolic syndrome , population , diabetes mellitus , heart rate , bruce protocol , obesity , blood pressure , endocrinology , environmental health
Slow HR recovery (HRR) from a graded exercise treadmill test (GXT) is a marker of impaired parasympathetic reactivation that is associated with elevated mortality. Our objective was to test whether demographic, behavioral, or CHD risk factors during young adulthood were associated with the development of slow HRR.