Heart rate and mortality from cardiovascular causes: a 12 year follow-up study of 379 843 men and women aged 40-45 years

To study the relationship between heart rate and (a) all deaths and (b) cardiovascular deaths in a large cohort of middle-aged Norwegian men and women.A prospective study of participants in cardiovascular surveys that were carried out in 1985-1999 and covered men and women aged 40-45 years in all counties except the capital, Oslo. In total, 180,353 men and 199,490 women aged 40-45 years without cardiovascular history or diabetes accrued 4 775...