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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Dec;88(12):1420–1426. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.09.011

Table 4.

Hazard Ratios of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality by Combined Categories of Resting Heart Rate and Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Resting Heart Rate (beats per minute) All-Cause Mortality Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Hazard Ratio (95% CI)* Cardiorespiratory Fitness Hazard Ratio (95% CI)*

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.