title: Resting heart rates in an ambulatory elderly population: an evaluation of age, sex, symptoms, and medication.
abstract: In a cross-sectional analysis of 2,301 ambulatory elderly subjects, the mean resting heart rate for women (66.2/min) was significantly higher than for men (63.6/min), p less than 0.0001, and heart rate was positively correlated with age for both men and women. Resting heart rate was positively correlated with the number of drugs used (p less than 0.05), number of symptoms reported (p less than 0.05), systolic (p less than 0.01), and diastolic (p less than 0.0001) blood pressure. Of 975 participants who were followed longitudinally over an 8-year period there was a significant decrease in resting heart rate of approximately 2.75/min, p less than 0.0001.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004077:Digoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D004077:Digoxin; D012110:Reserpine; D011433:Propranolol; D005996:Nitroglycerin