Why the study?
Does the presence of vascular abnormalities and age improve the estimation of normal arterial blood pressure in healthy older people?
Population
631 healthy older people (374 men and 257 women), aged 60-89 years, with ideal weight less than 25%
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May refine SBP norms in older adults via vascular assessment; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does the presence of vascular abnormalities and age improve the estimation of normal arterial blood pressure in healthy older people?
In healthy older adults, accounting for vascular abnormalities and age improves the estimation of normal systolic blood pressure, while diastolic blood pressure is largely uninfluenced by age.
Anderson et al. (2009) studied this question.
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