Higher heart rates increase risk of diabetes and cardiovascular events: A prospective cohort study among Inner Mongolians

The study examined the association between resting heart rate and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular events in an Inner Mongolian population. Based on a cross-sectional survey carried out in 2003, 2530 participants were reinvestigated between 2013 and 2014. All participants were classified into four groups (quartiles) according to heart rate. Primary outcomes were hypertension, T2D, major macrovascular events and all-cause deaths....