The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between selected anthropometric and physiological variables of college level female long jumpers and sprinters. Fifteen female sprinters and fifteen female long jumpers of Post Graduate Government college sector-11 Chandigarh were tested. The range of age for all female sportspersons lies from 20 to 25 years. The selected anthropometric mea...

BACKGROUND Data from several previous studies examining heart-rate and cardiovascular risk have hinted at a possible relationship between heart-rate and non-cardiac mortality. We thus systematically examined the predictive value of heart-rate variables on the subsequent risk of death from cancer. METHODS In the Paris Prospective Study I, 6101 asymptomatic French working men aged 42 to 53 year...

background : underweight as a public health problem in young women is associated with nutritional deficiencies, menstrual irregularity, eating disorders, reduced fertility, etc. since resting metabolic rate (rmr) is a necessary compo-nent in the development of nutrition support therapy, therefore we determined the accuracy of commonly used pre-dictive equations against rmr measured by indirect ...

BACKGROUND Autonomic disorders of the cardiovascular system, such as orthostatic hypotension and elevated resting heart rate, predict mortality and cardiovascular events in the population. Low-energy-fractures constitute a substantial clinical problem that may represent an additional risk related to such autonomic dysfunction. AIMS To test the association between orthostatic hypotension, rest...

purpose: hypercapnia increases minute ventilation (v’e) with little effect on heart rate (hr), whereas hypoxia may increase hr without affecting v’e. however, the effects of hypercapnia and hypoxia on both heart rate variability (hrv) and the clustering of heart beats during spontaneous breathing (respiratory sinus arrhythmia – rsa), are not clear. methods: in this study, 10 human volunteers br...

Background: In pediatric populations, the use of resting heart rate as health index remains unclear, mainly in epidemiological settings. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the potential of resting heart rate for screening metabolic dysfunction, as well as, to identify its correlation in pediatric populations. Methods: The sample was composed of 971 randomly selected schoolchild...

BACKGROUND Inflammation is an important underlying mechanism in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, and an elevated resting heart rate underlies the process of atherosclerotic plaque formation. We hypothesized an association between resting heart rate and subclinical inflammation. METHODS Resting heart rate was recorded at baseline in the KoGES-ARIRANG (Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study o...

BACKGROUND Elevated resting heart rate and hypertension independently increase the risk of mortality. However, their combined effect on mortality in stages of hypertension according to updated clinical guidelines among elderly population is unclear. METHODS We followed a cohort of 6100 residents (2600 males and 3500 females) of Kangwha County, Korea, ranging from 55 to 99 year-olds as of Marc...

BACKGROUND Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to long-term stress, which can manifest in individuals as physiological stress. The aim was to explore the relationship between low socioeconomic status and physiological stress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. METHODS Using data from the eGFR Study (a cross-sectional study of 634 Indigenous Australians in urban and re...

BACKGROUND An elevated resting heart rate is associated with rehospitalization for heart failure and is a modifiable risk factor in heart failure patients. We aimed to examine the association between resting heart rate and incident heart failure in a population-based cohort study of healthy adults without pre-existing overt heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 4768 men and women aged...