Resting heart rate: what is normal?

[...]specific cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular outcomes, such as cerebrovascular disease, type of cancer or respiratory disease, have rarely been examined. Compared with women with RHR below 60 bpm, cardiovascular, cancer and other-cause mortality were significantly increased in women with RHR equal or above 80 bpm for all three types of deaths. [...]taken together, the most appropriate definition of normal RHR may be below 70 bpm for men and below 80 bpm for women. Even if causality is not yet established, clinicians should now screen for abnormal RHR defined as above 70 bpm for men and above 80 bpm for women when they monitor blood pressure in healthy adults. Because it is unknown if targeting RHR using drugs such as beta-blockers or ivabradine will improve prognosis, the most appropriate preventive attitude towards high RHR values may be lifestyle counselling.