Why the study?
What are the lifestyle and demographic determinants of home-measured resting heart rate in the general population?
Population
1,275 members of the general Japanese population aged ≥40 years
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May aid targeting modifiable risks in home monitoring; hypothesis-generating for outcome prediction.
What are the lifestyle and demographic determinants of home-measured resting heart rate in the general population?
Younger age, female gender, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle are key determinants of elevated home-measured resting heart rate, independent of home blood pressure.
Yamaguchi et al. (2005) studied this question.
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