In older patients with isolated systolic hypertension, an exaggerated orthostatic blood pressure fall is associated with specific demographic and clinical factors including gender, age, baseline blood pressure, and prior antihypertensive treatment.
These cross-sectional associations should not yet guide practice; leaves open need for longitudinal outcome studies in systolic hypertension.
An exaggerated orthostatic blood pressure fall in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension is associated mainly with gender, age and blood pressure level. Previous antihypertensive treatment, a lower pulse rate and a lower electrocardiographic left ventricular mass were also associated with an exaggerated orthostatic fall in systolic blood pressure.
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Vanhanen et al. (1996) studied this question.
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