TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality rates and antihypertensive therapy in extreme old age
AU - Campana, Fabio
AU - Annicchiarico, Roberta
AU - Ettorre, Evaristo
AU - Trani, Ilaria
AU - Marigliano, Vincenzo
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - The impact of hypertension on survival in extremely old age has shown different features in different studies, with equal or lower mortality rates in hypertensive patients and lower reduction of risk in treated patients. In a population (n=414) of old community dwellers (mean age 88.4 years) the prevalence of hypertension was 52.2%. Hypertensive patients presented a lower mortality rate (14.2 per 100 person-years) as compared to the general population (15.4) and to non-hypertensives (16.6). Hypertensives were divided into four groups according to treatment. Best survival was shown by patients under treatment with antihypertensives alone (9.8) or in association with diuretics (9.9), and worst survival by patients under a diuretic-based treatment (25.1). These data were confirmed by multivariate analysis. The better survival of hypertensive very old people could be related to the use of a proper pharmacotherapy. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
AB - The impact of hypertension on survival in extremely old age has shown different features in different studies, with equal or lower mortality rates in hypertensive patients and lower reduction of risk in treated patients. In a population (n=414) of old community dwellers (mean age 88.4 years) the prevalence of hypertension was 52.2%. Hypertensive patients presented a lower mortality rate (14.2 per 100 person-years) as compared to the general population (15.4) and to non-hypertensives (16.6). Hypertensives were divided into four groups according to treatment. Best survival was shown by patients under treatment with antihypertensives alone (9.8) or in association with diuretics (9.9), and worst survival by patients under a diuretic-based treatment (25.1). These data were confirmed by multivariate analysis. The better survival of hypertensive very old people could be related to the use of a proper pharmacotherapy. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
KW - Blood pressure treatment
KW - Drug therapy
KW - Older patients
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)00133-2
DO - 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)00133-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 15374091
AN - SCOPUS:0032975922
VL - 28
SP - 117
EP - 123
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
SN - 0167-4943
IS - 2
ER -