Are poor physical function and/or cognitive dysfunction associated with high nocturnal SBP in treated elderly hypertensive patients?
Poor physical and cognitive function may serve as clinical markers for high nocturnal blood pressure in elderly treated hypertensives, potentially aiding in prognostic assessment.
Poor physical function and/or cognitive dysfunction could be valid markers likely to be associated with high nocturnal SBP, information which could help yield more refined prognosis for treated elderly hypertensives.
Yano et al. (Thu,) studied this question.