CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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Meta Analysis
Resting heart rate and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population: a meta-analysis.
Data on resting heart rate and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality are inconsistent; the magnitude of associations between resting heart rate and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality varies across studies. We performed a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to quantitatively evaluate the associations in the general population. ⋯ Higher resting heart rate was independently associated with increased risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. This indicates that resting heart rate is a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population.