Blood Pressure and Resting Heart rates effect Type 2 diabetes
Posted by Christine Armarego AEP Thursday 2 July 2009
A new study published in June 2009 in the International Journal of Epidemiology shows that having a higher resting heart rate and high blood pressure are both risk factors in whether or not you will develop type 2 diabetes. More interestingly they are independent of each other, so either one as well as both will influence this. The study looked at over 16000 men and 8000 women in Japan from ages 39-50 years and showed not significant differences across genders.
And of course exercise and a healthy diet is the most effective way to keep your resting heart rate and BP down!
Reference: Nagaya T, Yoshida H, Takahashi H, Kawai M.Resting heart rate and blood pressure, independent of each other, proportionally raise the risk for type-2 diabetes mellitus Int J Epidemiol. 2009 