Gulati et al.

Full name: Heart rate response to exercise stress testing in asymptomatic women
Year: 2010
Sample size: n = 5.4K
Population: Community-based asymptomatic women who completed a symptom-limited exercise stress test in Chicago in 1992
Study type: Prospective cohort study
Link: DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.939249

About this reference

Gulati and colleagues analysed peak heart rate during symptom-limited exercise testing in 5,437 asymptomatic women from the community-based St. James Women Take Heart Project. Mean peak heart rate followed 206 - 0.88 x age. FitnessNorms cites this as a women-specific comparison equation; it does not drive the site's displayed percentile grid.

Known limitations

Community-based US cohort from one metropolitan area and one baseline testing period
Applicable to women only and not intended as a unisex equation
The displayed FitnessNorms grid uses the Tanaka equation, so Gulati values should be treated as a comparison rather than interchangeable percentiles