Elevated resting heart rate is associated with the metabolic syndrome Export

@article{citeulike:5949894, abstract = {Background:\&\#10;Increased resting heart rate (RHR) may be associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity. Our aim was to explore the possibility that increased RHR is associated with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a sample of apparently healthy individuals and those with cardiovascular risk factors.\&\#10;Methods:\&\#10;We performed a cross-sectional analysis in a large sample of apparently healthy individuals who attended a general health screening program and agreed to participate in our survey. We analyzed a sample of 7706 individuals (5106 men and 2600 women) with 13.2\% of men and 8.9\% of the women fulfilling the criteria for the MetS. The participants were divided into quintiles of resting heart rate. Multiple adjusted odds ratio was calculated for having the MetS in each quintile compared to the first.\&\#10;Results:\&\#10;The multi-adjusted odds for the presence of the MetS increased gradually from an arbitrarily defined figure of 1.0 in the lowest RHR quintile (<60 beats per minute (BPM) in men and <64 BPM in women) to 4.1 and 4.2 in men and women respectively in the highest one ([greater than or equal to]80 BPM in men and [greater than or equal to]82 BPM in women).\&\#10;Conclusion:\&\#10;Raised resting heart rate is significantly associated with the presence of MetS in a group of apparently healthy individuals and those with an atherothrombotic risk. The strength of this association supports the potential presence of one or more shared pathophysiological mechanisms for both RHR and the MetS.}, author = {Rogowski, Ori and Steinvil, Arie and Berliner, Shlomo and Cohen, Michael and Saar, Nili and Ben-Bassat, Orit K. and Shapira, Itzhak}, citeulike-article-id = {5949894}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-55}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1186/1475-2840-8-55}, issn = {1475-2840}, journal = {Cardiovascular Diabetology}, month = {October}, pages = {55+}, posted-at = {2009-10-16 09:27:15}, title = {Elevated resting heart rate is associated with the metabolic syndrome}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-55}, volume = {8}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5949894 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5949894 N2 - Background:&#10;Increased resting heart rate (RHR) may be associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity. Our aim was to explore the possibility that increased RHR is associated with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a sample of apparently healthy individuals and those with cardiovascular risk factors.&#10;Methods:&#10;We performed a cross-sectional analysis in a large sample of apparently healthy individuals who attended a general health screening program and agreed to participate in our survey. We analyzed a sample of 7706 individuals (5106 men and 2600 women) with 13.2% of men and 8.9% of the women fulfilling the criteria for the MetS. The participants were divided into quintiles of resting heart rate. Multiple adjusted odds ratio was calculated for having the MetS in each quintile compared to the first.&#10;Results:&#10;The multi-adjusted odds for the presence of the MetS increased gradually from an arbitrarily defined figure of 1.0 in the lowest RHR quintile (<60 beats per minute (BPM) in men and <64 BPM in women) to 4.1 and 4.2 in men and women respectively in the highest one ([greater than or equal to]80 BPM in men and [greater than or equal to]82 BPM in women).&#10;Conclusion:&#10;Raised resting heart rate is significantly associated with the presence of MetS in a group of apparently healthy individuals and those with an atherothrombotic risk. The strength of this association supports the potential presence of one or more shared pathophysiological mechanisms for both RHR and the MetS. JF - Cardiovascular Diabetology SN - 1475-2840 TI - Elevated resting heart rate is associated with the metabolic syndrome VL - 8 SP - 55 AU - Rogowski, Ori AU - Steinvil, Arie AU - Berliner, Shlomo AU - Cohen, Michael AU - Saar, Nili AU - Ben-Bassat, Orit AU - Shapira, Itzhak PY - 2009/10/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-55 ER -