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Age-predicted maximal heart rate revisited

^a Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
^b Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

View larger version (27K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Relation between maximal heart rate (HRmax) (group mean values) and subject group age obtained from the meta-analysis.

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Relation between maximal heart rate (HRmax) and age obtained from the prospective, laboratory-based study.

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Regression lines depicting the relation between maximal heart rate (HRmax) and age obtained from the results derived from our equation (208 – 0.7 x age) (solid line with 95% confidence interval), as compared with the results derived from the traditional 220 – age equation (dashed line). Maximal heart rates predicted by traditional and current equations, as well as the differences between the two equations, are shown in the table format at the top.