Table 2. Estimated increase in WBC counts and levels of hs-CRP, stratified by baseline resting heart rate quartile.

Model 1: age and sex; model 2: model 1+smoking, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, body mass index, waist circumference, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and lipid-lowering medication; model 3: model 2+muscle mass, body fat proportion, and serum adiponectin level.

WBC, white blood cell; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

^*P<0.05. ^†Presented using log-transformed values.