Key result
Higher baseline heart rate independently predicted subsequent diastolic blood pressure increases (0.7 mm Hg per 10 bpm) in young white men, white women, and black men.
Why the study?
Does baseline heart rate predict subsequent blood pressure in young adults?
Cohort (n=4,762)
Yes
Does baseline heart rate predict subsequent blood pressure in young adults?
Effect estimate: 0.7 mm Hg increase per 10 bpm
Higher baseline heart rate independently predicts subsequent increases in diastolic blood pressure over 10 years in young adults.
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May flag young adults for closer BP surveillance; leaves open whether heart rate modification alters diastolic trajectories.
Kim et al. (1999) conducted a cohort in Healthy young adults (n=4,762). Baseline heart rate was evaluated on Subsequent diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (0.7 mm Hg increase per 10 bpm). Higher baseline heart rate independently predicted subsequent diastolic blood pressure increases (0.7 mm Hg per 10 bpm) in young white men, white women, and black men.
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