We have previously reported that blood pressure (BP) at age 70 predicted incident dementia in a birth cohort born 1901. It is known that BP in older adults has decreased in high﹊ncome countries during the last decades. The aim of this paper was to explore whether BP at age 70 still ...
Arterial blood pressure varies among individuals and in the same individual from time to time. It is lower in children than in adults and increases gradually with age. It tends to be higher in those who are overweight. During sleep it decreases, and during exercise and emotional excitement it...
Ambulatory Blood Pressure MonitoringMorning surgeElderlyMorning surge in hypertension is responsible for many acute cardiovascular events and needs special care during treatment. To investigate the morning surge of blood pressure (BP), 568 patients (pts) aged 18 to 80 years with treated essential ...
Older age and diabetes mellitus were very strongly associated with a higher prevalence of elevated creatinine level. Non-Hispanic blacks had a higher prevalence and Mexican Americans had a lower prevalence of elevated creatinine level than non-Hispanic whites. Higher categories of blood pressure, ...
An anthropological investigation among the endogamous Telega population (106 adult individuals including 51 males and 55 females) in the district of Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal, India shows wide range of age-sex as well as diurnal variation of mean blood pressure (MBP) with reference to dif...
Depression is associated with decreased blood pressure, but anti- depressant use increases the risk for hypertension. Hypertension 2009; 53: 631–638. 3 Shah MT, Zonderman AB, Waldstein SR. Sex and age differences in the relation of depressive symptoms with blood pressure. Am J Hypertens 2013...
The time at which hypertension treatment should be initiated for different age groups and sexes remains controversial. We aimed to determine whether the association between blood pressure (BP) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) varies with ag
Blood pressure usually rises with age. Your risk of high blood pressure begins to climb when you hit age 45, although it can happen when you're younger. Black people tend to get it at younger ages and often have worse hypertension. ...
Blood pressure usually rises with age. Your risk of high blood pressure begins to climb when you hit age 45, although it can happen when you're younger. Black people tend to get it at younger ages and often have worse hypertension. ...
Genetic influences on ambulatory blood pressure patterns. The Medical College of Virginia Twin Study. Am J Hypertens 1995; 8 (5 Part 1): 474–478. 27 Vinck WJ, Fagard RH, Loos R, Vlietinck R. The impact of genetic and environmental influences on blood pressure variance across age-groups...