BiometricsReported in bpmHeart rate
How many times your heart beats in a minute. Resting rate is the useful number to store with your labs.
What it measures
Heart rate is beats per minute, from a cuff, a pulse oximeter, or a count at the wrist. The number swings with posture, caffeine, anxiety, fever, and fitness. A resting rate, taken seated and still, is the one worth entering.
Why it is on the panel
A fast resting rate can travel with anemia, fever, dehydration, thyroid disease, pain, or low fitness. Those are all things the rest of this panel speaks to. A slow rate can be fitness, a medicine, or a conduction issue.
How to read it
A commonly used adult resting range is 60–100 beats per minute. Endurance athletes often sit in the 40s or 50s and feel well. Read the rate with temperature, hemoglobin, and the thyroid results before deciding it is “just nerves.”
When it runs higher
Fever, anemia, dehydration, an overactive thyroid, caffeine, pain, and anxiety all speed the heart. A resting rate that stays high, or a sudden racing heart with chest pain or fainting, needs medical care.
When it runs lower
Fit people, people on beta blockers, and people who are asleep run slower. A slow rate with dizziness, fainting, or profound fatigue is the pattern to have checked.
Same group
Other Biometrics tests
How to use this page
This page explains what the measurement is for. It is educational. Your Healiam report includes the reference interval for your age and sex, and a clinician reads that result with your history, medicines, and the rest of the panel. Talk with a clinician before changing diet, supplements, or treatment because of a number on a report.
Heart rate
Heart rate is part of the full panel.
No referral or insurance required.
One preventive draw covers this measurement and the rest of the Healiam panel. CLIA-certified results come back in days.