2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Is resting heart rate a risk factor for the development of future metabolic syndrome?

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20590663
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Public health/Health science
Research Institution	Kurume University
Principal Investigator	ADACHI Hisashi Kurume University, 医学部, 教授 (40212518)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KUMAGAE ShunーIchi 久留米大学, 医学部, 助教 (20412504) NANJO Yasuki 久留米大学, 医学部, 助教 (70461431)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	疫学 / 心拍数 / メタボリック症候群 / 地域住民
Research Abstract	We investigated whether resting heart rate by an electrocardiogram (ECG) may be a useful predictor for the development of the metabolic syndrome in a general population. Our prospective study revealed that higher heart rate predispose to obesity, diabetes mellitus, and insulin resistance syndrome. More importantly, we have demonstrated that higher heart rate >=80bpm at baseline predicted the development of insulin resistance. Our results may suggest that a causative role of sympathetic activation in the development of obesity and diabetes. This is the first prospective reports demonstrating that higher heart rate at baseline is strongly associated with insulin resistance 20 years later.

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