Table 1.

Heritability estimates for the acute and long-term effect of exercise on heart rate response

Heritability type	Heritability	Type of exercise	Population	N	Author, year
Acute response: heart rate increase
Family	0.32	Submaximal treadmill test	General population	2053	Ingelsson et al. (2007) [12]
SNP-based	0.22	Submaximal bicycle	General population	58,818	Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
SNP-based	0.17	Submaximal bicycle	General population	66,800	Ramirez J et al. (2018) [15]
Acute response: heart rate recovery
Familya	0.34	Submaximal treadmill test	General population	2053	Ingelsson et al. (2007) [12]
Twins and siblingb	0.60 and 0.65	Maximal bicycle	General population	491	Nederend et al. (2016) [13]
SNP-basedc	0.22	Submaximal bicycle	General population	58,818	Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
SNP-basedc	0.12	Submaximal bicycle	General population	66,665	Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
Trainings response: heart rate increase
Familyd	0.34	Submaximal bicycle	General population	481	An et al. (2003) [17]
Familyd	0.36	Submaximal bicycle	Participants with high blood pressure	529	Rice et al. (2002) [16]

Heritability estimates for the acute and long-term effect of exercise on heart rate response

^aHeart rate recovery measured after 180 s

^bHeart rate recovery measured after, respectively, 60 and 180 s

^cHeart rate recovery measured after 60 s

^d20 weeks during endurance training program at submaximal (50W) levels