Causes of Heart Rate : Reducing Your Risk

Heart rate is the speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (bpm). The heart rate can vary according to the body's physical needs, including the need to absorb oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide. It is usually equal or close to the pulse measured at any peripheral point. Activities that can provoke change include physical exercise, sleep, anxiety, stress, illness, and ingestion of drugs.

Many texts cite the normal resting adult human heart rate range from 60–100 bpm

Cardiovascular

11 causes

Protective Factors	Studies
Minor Protective Factor Music Selfcare	1 study Music interventions for psychological and physical outcomes in canc... Study in 2012 -5% with High evidence in 45 minutes 3,181 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Yoga Selfcare	1 study Effects of yoga on cardiovascular disease risk factors: A systemati... Study in 2014 -11% with Moderate evidence in 6 months 3,168 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Massage Selfcare	1 study Effect of Leg Massage on Recovery from High Intensity Exercise on F... Study in 2007 -3% with High evidence in 15 mintues 13 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Meditation Selfcare	1 study Impact of Meditation on Resting and Ambulatory Blood Pressure and H... Study in 2004 -6% with Moderate evidence in 3 months 73,587 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Blood Donation Selfcare	1 study Effects of phlebotomy-induced reduction of body iron stores on meta... Study in 2012 -15% with Low evidence in 6 weeks 64 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Fish & SeaFood rich in... Nutrition	1 study Fish oil and neurovascular reactivity to mental stress in humans Study in 2013 -3% with Moderate evidence in 8 weeks 67 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Ashwagandha Herb	1 study A standardized Withania somnifera extract significantly reduces str... Study in 2008 -1% with Moderate evidence in 2 months 98 subjects

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Risk Factors	Studies
Risk Factor Stress Brain system	1 study Effects of Work Stress on Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, an... Study in 2000 +95% with Moderate evidence in 3 days 109 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Sedentary Lifestyle Selfcare	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +40% with Moderate evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Blood Pressure - Hype... Cardiovascular system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +25% with Low evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Obesity Musculoskeletal system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +25% with Low evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Diabetes Lymphatic system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +25% with Low evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Poor sleep Musculoskeletal system	2 studies Short-term sleep deprivation affects heart function Study in 2016 +9% with Moderate evidence in 1 day 20 subjects Effects of insufficient sleep on blood pressure in hypertensive pat... Study in 1998 +1% with High evidence in 1 day 36 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Alcohol Beverage	0 studies
Minor Risk Factor Coffee (Caffeine) Beverage	1 study Dose response effects of a caffeine-containing energy drink on musc... Study in 2012 +3% with Low evidence in 1 hr 12 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Citrus (orange, mandar... Nutrition	1 study Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Effects following a Single Dose of Bi... Study in 2006 +1% with Low evidence in 6 hrs 15 subjects

Outcomes	References
Minor Risk Factor Mortality Musculoskeletal system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +14% with Moderate evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Heart Attack (Myocard... Cardiovascular system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +10% with Moderate evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Coronary Heart Diseas... Cardiovascular system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +10% with Moderate evidence 5,261 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Congestive Heart Failure Cardiovascular system	1 study Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African America... Study in 2016 +10% with Moderate evidence 5,261 subjects
Protective Factor Violent crime Brain system	1 study A Longitudinal Study of Resting Heart Rate and Violent Criminality ... Study in 2015 -39% with High evidence in 35 years 700,000 subjects

There are 7 factors preventing Heart Rate, including:

Minor Protective Factor MusicSelfcare

Minor Protective Factor YogaSelfcare

Minor Protective Factor MassageSelfcare

Minor Protective Factor MeditationSelfcare

Minor Protective Factor Blood DonationSelfcare

Minor Protective Factor Fish & SeaFood rich in...Nutrition

Minor Protective Factor AshwagandhaHerb

There are 9 factors increasing Heart Rate, including:

Risk Factor StressBrain system

Minor Risk Factor Sedentary LifestyleSelfcare

Minor Risk Factor Blood Pressure - Hype...Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor ObesityMusculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor DiabetesLymphatic system

Minor Risk Factor Poor sleepMusculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor AlcoholBeverage

Minor Risk Factor Coffee (Caffeine)Beverage

Minor Risk Factor Citrus (orange, mandar...Nutrition

Possible outcomes of Heart Rate

Minor Risk Factor MortalityMusculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Heart Attack (Myocard...Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor Coronary Heart Diseas...Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor Congestive Heart FailureCardiovascular system

Protective Factor Violent crimeBrain system

Minor Protective Factor Music
Selfcare

Minor Protective Factor Yoga
Selfcare

Minor Protective Factor Massage
Selfcare

Minor Protective Factor Meditation
Selfcare

Minor Protective Factor Blood Donation
Selfcare

Minor Protective Factor Fish & SeaFood rich in...
Nutrition

Minor Protective Factor Ashwagandha
Herb

Risk Factor Stress
Brain system

Minor Risk Factor Sedentary Lifestyle
Selfcare

Minor Risk Factor Blood Pressure - Hype...
Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor Obesity
Musculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Diabetes
Lymphatic system

Minor Risk Factor Poor sleep
Musculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Alcohol
Beverage

Minor Risk Factor Coffee (Caffeine)
Beverage

Minor Risk Factor Citrus (orange, mandar...
Nutrition

Minor Risk Factor Mortality
Musculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Heart Attack (Myocard...
Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor Coronary Heart Diseas...
Cardiovascular system

Minor Risk Factor Congestive Heart Failure
Cardiovascular system

Protective Factor Violent crime
Brain system