The association of heart rate recovery immediately after exercise with coronary artery calcium: the coronary artery risk development in young adults study.
We tested whether slower heart rate recovery (HRR) following graded exercise treadmill testing (GXT) was associated with the presence of coronary artery calcium (CAC). Participants (n = 2,648) ages 18-30 years at baseline examination underwent GXT, followed by CAC screening 15 years later. Slow HRR was not associated with higher odds of testing positive (yes/no) for CAC at year 15 (OR = 0.99, p = 0.91 per standard deviation change in HRR). Slow HRR in young adulthood is not associated with the presence of CAC at middle age.
Kizilbash
Mohammad Ali
MA
Dept of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Carnethon
Mercedes R
MR
Chan
Cheeling
C
Jacobs
David R
DR
Lloyd-Jones
Donald M
DM
Sidney
Stephen
S
Liu
Kiang
K
D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012306:Risk
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