Low blood pressure and mortality in the elderly: a 6-year follow- up of 18,022 Norwegian men and women age 65 years and older. Epidemiology 1995;6:70-3.Vatten LJ, Holmen J, Kruger O, Forsen L, Tverdal A. Low blood pressure and mortality in the elderly: a 6-year follow...
emphasized that blood pressure readings in the 130–139/80–89 mm Hg range already carry significantly increased cardiovascular risks and should not be overlooked.
The systolic blood pressure (the top number) represents the pressure in the arteries as the muscle of the heart contracts and pumps blood into them. The diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) represents the pressure in the arteries as the muscle of the heart relaxes following its contracti...
19,20 A previous study23 of elderly nursing home residents (a population often affected by dementia) demonstrated no prognostic effect of blood pressure, with a poor correlation between office and ABPM values. Those data raised doubts regarding the clinical meaning of office blood pressure in ...
Blood Pressure:Maintaining adequate blood pressure is important for survival. If blood pressure drops too low, the organs and tissues of the body will not receive enough blood to supply the required amount of oxygen for metabolism. Blood pressure itself is the force...
blood pressure. However, in people with neurally mediated hypotension, nerves in the heart's left ventricle signal the brain that the blood pressure is too high rather than too low. As a result, the brain lessens the heart rate, further decreasing the blood pressure. This condition is ...
Of the 1899 people with some degree of low blood pressure, 1246 of these were on antihypertensive medication (lowering blood pressure). Lead author Professor Chris Farmer, explained: "Treating hypertension in old age reduces strokes and other cardiovascular events. However in elderly patients with ...
very interesting to note that in athletes low blood pressure is a positive sign of good cardiovascular condition. But low blood pressure can be sign of many health problems like inadequate blood flow to the heart, brain, and other vital organs in the elderly where sometime fainting may occurs...
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In the lowest LDL-C group (LDL-C <40 mg/dL), elderly individuals had a greater HR for all-cause mortality (HR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.59-1.78) than middle-aged individuals (HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.32-1.52). Nonetheless, for the highest LDL-C group (LDL-C >190 mg/dL), the H...