Key result
Antihypertensive therapy significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with hypertension.
Why the study?
Does antihypertensive therapy reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in elderly people with hypertension?
Does antihypertensive therapy reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in elderly people with hypertension?
Antihypertensive therapy is effective and recommended for reducing cardiovascular risks in elderly patients.
Supports treatment decisions in elderly hypertensives; confirms established benefits while extending the evidence base for researchers.
Elderly people have a very high prevalence of hypertension, which markedly increases their risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Convincing evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy in reducing these risks significantly. With appropriate caution, most elderly hypertensives can be treated and thereby protected from many of the debilities of old age.
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Norman M. Kaplan (1995) studied this question. Antihypertensive therapy significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with hypertension.
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