Low Blood Pressure and Mortality in the Elderly: A 6-Year Follow-Up of 18,022 Norwegian Men and Women Age 65 Years and Older

Several studies have shown that low blood pressure in individuals age 65 years and older is related to increased overall mortality. We hypothesize that this association is secondary to serious underlying illness, which has caused blood pressure reduction and, subsequently, has increased the risk of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1995-01, Vol.6 (1), p.70-73
Hauptverfasser:	Vatten, Lars J., Holmen, Jostein, Krüger, Øystein, Forsén, Lisa, Tverdal, Aage
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antihypertensives Blood pressure Brief Reports Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Death Diastole Diastolic pressure Epidemiology Female Humans Hypertension Hypotension - complications Hypotension - mortality Male Medications Men Mortality Norway - epidemiology Older adults Systole
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