A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Resting Heart Rate and the Association of Physical Fitness With Carotid Artery Stiffness



Authors: Quan HL, Blizzard CL, Sharman JE, Magnussen CG, Dwyer T, Raitakari O, Cheung M, Venn AJ

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Publication year: 2014

Journal: American Journal of Hypertension

Journal name in source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Journal acronym: AM J HYPERTENS

Volume: 27

Issue: 1

First page : 65

Last page: 71

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0895-7061

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpt161


Abstract
CONCLUSIONS Our findings attribute a key intermediary role for resting heart rate in the relationship between fitness and arterial stiffness, whereby higher cardiorespiratory fitness may reduce arterial stiffness mainly through resting heart rate, and higher muscular strength might have deleterious effects on arterial stiffness that are partially offset by lower resting heart rate.



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