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. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0121729. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121729

Fig 1. Flow chart of the study population.

Fig 1

The complete BELFIT population included 2,363 men. Inclusion criteria for the present study (availability of resting heart rate and diurnal heart rate data from ECG recordings, no history of coronary heart disease and no medical treatment for coronary heart disease or arterial hypertension) reduced the number to 597 participants, with 439 men having completed the exercise test on a bicycle ergometer.