We announce our latest metric, the HRV Health life expectancy (HALE), with some trepidation. Do people really want to know how long they can still lead a healthy life? Our new metric reliably calculates our clients’ expected life in good health. The algorithm uses the World Health Organisation’s health life expectancy and adjusts for the… Continue reading HRV Health life expectancy
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Resting Heart Rate and mortality
Men with a resting hearth rate (RHR) of over 75 beats per minute at 50 years of age have twice as high risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease during 21 years of follow-up compared with men with RHR of 55 beats per minute or below[1]Impact of changes in heart rate with age on all-cause death and… Continue reading Resting Heart Rate and mortality
People with high HRV live longer
HRV declines with age[1]RMSSD by age and gender. When looking at the statistics it appears that the rate of declines slows as we get older, and then reverses after 80[2]Relation of high heart rate variability to healthy longevity. The reason for this pattern lies in the way that averages work. People with lower HRV die… Continue reading People with high HRV live longer