Impaired orthostatic blood pressure stabilization taking longer than 30 seconds is highly prevalent in older adults (≥80 years) and may be an important factor in managing falls and syncope.
Significant age-related differences exist in the time course of postural BP responses, with abnormal responses taking longer than 30 seconds to stabilize. Impaired BP stabilization is more common as we age, affecting more than two-fifths of the population aged ≥80 years, and may play a future role in the management of falls and syncope.
Finucane et al. (Fri,) studied this question.