Why the study?
Does a morning meal induce postprandial blood pressure reductions or heart rate changes in healthy elderly subjects?
Does a morning meal induce postprandial blood pressure reductions or heart rate changes in healthy elderly subjects?
Unlike frail individuals, healthy elderly subjects do not appear to experience significant postprandial blood pressure reductions after a morning meal.
Reassures against routine postprandial monitoring in healthy elderly; leaves open relevance in frail or multimorbid patients.
Postprandial blood pressure reductions have been observed in frail elderly individuals. This study evaluated blood pressure and heart rate changes in 10 healthy elderly subjects at intervals before and after a morning meal. Subjects did not exhibit significant reductions in systolic blood pressure or increases in heart rate over time, rather, such changes were due to variation within subjects. They did not exhibit significant changes in diastolic blood pressure. Age, health, and meal choice may have influenced results. Further research will determine which groups of elderly are most at risk for postprandial blood pressure reductions and consequently at risk for injury from falls due to dizziness and syncope.
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M. DELORIS LILLEY (1997) studied this question.
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