Next, the team crunched some simple numbers, dividing each participant’s average daily resting heart rate by their daily step count. The result? A metric called average daily heart rate per step.

Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better. By Matt Richtel Many people use a smartwatch to monitor their cardiovascular ...

Metrics like daily step totals and average resting heart rate are already being used to predict cardiovascular health. Zhanlin Chen, a medical student at Northwestern University in Chicago ...

It's no secret that your smartwatch churns out all kinds of data on a regular basis, including your daily step count and your average heart rate, which provides helpful insights into your health ...

Calculating your DHRPS is simple: Just divide your average daily heart rate by the average number of steps you take every day. Why might it be more accurate than just looking at your step count?