Table 4.
Resting Heart Rate (beats per minute) | All-Cause Mortality | Cardiovascular Disease Mortality | ||
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Hazard Ratio (95% CI)* | Cardiorespiratory Fitness Hazard Ratio (95% CI)* | |||
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Fit | Unfit | Fit | Unfit | |
Low (<80) | 1.00 (Reference) | 1.48 (1.35–1.63) | 1.00 (Reference) | 1.48 (1.27–1.73) |
High (≥80) | 1.50 (1.25–1.79) | 2.21 (1.88–2.60) | 1.73 (1.30–2.31) | 2.34 (1.81–3.01) |
Adjusted for age, sex, examination year, body mass index, smoking status, heavy alcohol drinking, physical activity, parental cardiovascular disease, abnormal electrocardiogram, diabetes, high blood pressure, self-reported hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and maximal METs.