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. 2017 Jan 9;7:40212. doi: 10.1038/srep40212

Table 3. Hazard ratios (95% CI) of all-cause mortality stratified analysis by sex.

  Adjusted Hazard ratio* (95% CI)
P for interaction
Men (n = 37010) Women (n = 10301)
Cumulative Resting Heart Rate
 Change per SD 1.35 (1.21–1.51) 1.62 (1.08–2.44) 0.857
 Quartiles     0.902
  Q1:<267.90 1 (Reference) 1 (Reference)  
  Q2:267.90–292.84 1.09 (0.87–1.37) 0.94 (0.43–2.07)  
  Q3:292.85–322.84 1.10 (0.86–1.39) 0.95 (0.41–2.19)  
  Q4:≥322.85 1.40 (1.07–1.84) 1.28 (0.47–3.48)  
P for trend 0.037 0.830  
The number of visits with a higher RHR     0.180
  Never 1 (Reference) 1 (Reference)  
  At 1 study visit 1.37 (1.16–1.62) 1.11 (0.59–2.08)  
  At 2 study visits 1.57 (1.25–1.97) 2.54 (1.20–5.40)  
  At 3 study visits 1.72 (1.22–2.49) 3.39 (1.14–10.08)  
P for trend <0.001 0.038  

*Adjusted for age, sex, time1–2, time2–3, mean systolic blood pressure, smoking, drinking, physical activity, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, stroke, cancer and baseline resting heart rate by multivariate Cox models.