'This research should serve as a reminder for us all to know our numbers, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight, as well as our resting heart rate,' a cardiac nurse told Newsweek.
Middle-aged men with a resting heart rate of 75 beats per minute are twice as likely to die early and develop heart disease, scientists believe.
Resting heart rate describes the number of beats the organ completes per minute when a person isn’t exerting themselves. This figure can be calculated by checking the pulse, placing the index and third fingers on the neck beneath the jaw on the left-hand side, then counting the number of beats in 15 seconds. This figure is multiplied by four is the resting heart rate. A rate of 50 to 100 bpm, is considered normal.
In addition, an increase in resting heart rate from 1993 was linked with a 3 percent higher chance of death, 1 percent cardiovascular disease risk, and 2 percent coronary heart disease risk. Ashleigh Li, a senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation charity who was not involved in the research, told Newsweek:"This study seems to suggest a link between having a higher resting heart rate and your chance of developing heart and circulatory disease. However, this research is limited. It only shows that a link may exist, it can’t tell us why.
Worldwide, around 17.9 million people die each year because of some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the World Health Organisation. That amounts to 31 percent of all deaths. In the U.S., it is the cause of one in four deaths, or 610,000 people each year.
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