Open AccessPREVALENCE OF ELEVATED RESTING HEART RATE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
Author(s) -
Atta Muhammad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.9.2/012
Subject(s) - resting heart rate , medicine , heart rate , cardiology , body mass index , population , confidence interval , risk factor , tachycardia , demography , blood pressure , environmental health , sociology
OBJECTIVETo investigate the frequency of elevated resting heart rate among young adult population of ZCRS.METHODOLOGYThis cross sectional study was conducted at a private sector University with 363 participants, within age group of 18-30, under consideration. The participants underwent an assessment of heart rate at rest with pulse oximeter, height and weight by stadiometer. IBM SPSS version 20 with a Confidence interval of 95% was used for the statistical analysis. The association of elevated Resting Heart Rate and Body Mass Index was assessed. In addition to this gender association elevated were also evaluated.RESULTThe incidence of Elevated RHR with a mean of 95.30 ± 3.25 was found to be 27.04 percent. Also, 22.44 percent of participants had their heart rate with a mean heart rate of 108.40 ± 6.69 in the tachycardia category, which showed the increased risk of CVD events in the near future. In BMI’s view, there was no important correlation found between RHR and BMI jointly and in individual classifications (P>0.05).CONCLUSIONThe results revealed that resting heart rate was elevated among half of the population that may be a risk factor for cardiovascular events in future.KEYWORDSHeart rate, elevated resting heart rate, RHR, Cardiovascular Disease, Young Adults, risk factors modification