Long-term intra-individual reproducibility of heart rate dynamics during exercise and recovery in the UK Biobank cohort.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The heart rate (HR) response to exercise provides useful information about the autonomic function and has prognostic value, but its reproducibility over a long period of time, a critical requirement for using it as a clinical biomarker, is undetermined. AIM:To determine the intra-individual reproducibility of HR dynamics during sub-maximum exercise and one minute recovery. METHODS:1187 individuals from the Cardio physical fitness assessment test of the UK Biobank repeated a standard exercise stress test twice (recall time 34.2 ± 2.8 months) and were prospectively studied. RESULTS:821 individuals complied with inclusion criteria for reproducibility analysis, including peak workload differences between assessments ?10 W. Intra-individual correlation between HR profile during the first and the second assessment was very high and higher than inter-individual correlation (0.92±0.08 vs 0.87±0.11, p<0.01). Intra-individual correlation of indices describing HR dynamics was: ? = 0.81 for maximum HR during exercise; ? = 0.71 for minimum HR during recovery; ? = 0.70 for HR changes during both exercise and recovery; Intra-individual correlation was higher for these indices of HR dynamics than for resting HR (? = 0.64). Bland-Altman plots demonstrated good agreement between HR indices estimated during the first and second assessment. A small but consistent bias was registered for all repeated measurements. The intra-individual consistency of abnormal values was about 60-70%. CONCLUSIONS:The HR dynamics during exercise and recovery are reproducible over a period of 3 years, with moderate to strong intra-individual reproducibility of abnormal values.
SUBMITTER: Orini M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5584807 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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