TY  - JOUR
T1  - CHanges in resting heart rate over time and mortality
AU  - Palatini P
Y1  - 2012/04/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.391
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1369
EP  - 1370
VL  - 307
IS  - 13
N2  - 
To the Editor: Dr Nauman and colleagues1 presented data from a large Norwegian cohort studied twice 10 years apart (Nord-Trøndelag County Health Study [HUNT-1 and HUNT-2]) on the association of changes in resting heart rate (RHR) with mortality from ischemic heart disease. The authors found that the association was not linear and that a decrease in RHR at the second measurement showed no mortality benefit. This finding is at variance with previous results by others who showed that a RHR decrease during 5 years of observation was associated with a decreased risk for mortality of 14%.2

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.391
ER  -