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. 2010 May 6;39(3):900–906. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyq068

Table 2.

HRs of type 2 diabetes according to five categories of resting heart rate

Resting heart rate categories, beats/min
≤68 69–72 73–76 77–80 >80 P for trend
All subjects
    Number of subjects 12 613 13 060 8110 8620 5168
    Number of cases 180 212 147 176 134
    Age-adjusted HR 1.00 1.19 (0.98–1.46) 1.32 (1.06–1.65) 1.48 (1.21–1.83) 1.83 (1.47–2.29) <0.0001
    Multivariate HRa 1.00 1.21 (0.99–1.47) 1.30 (1.05–1.62) 1.37 (1.12–1.69) 1.60 (1.28–2.00) <0.0001
Age ≤55 years
    Number of subjects 7815 8656 5271 5592 3196
    Number of cases 64 97 74 77 57
    Multivariate HRa 1.00 1.37 (1.00–1.88) 1.63 (1.16–2.27) 1.51 (1.08–2.10) 1.82 (1.27–2.61) 0.0007
Age >55 years
    Number of subjects 4798 4404 2839 3028 1972
    Number of cases 116 115 73 99 77
    Multivariate HRa 1.00 1.12 (0.87–1.45) 1.09 (0.81–1.46) 1.29 (0.99–1.69) 1.47 (1.10–1.96) 0.007

aAdjusted for age, education, occupation, family income, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI,

WHR, physical activity and systolic BP.