TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulsatile versus steady-state component of blood pressure in elderly females
T2 - An independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
AU - Scuteri, Angelo
AU - Cacciafesta, Mauro
AU - Di Bernardo, Maria C.
AU - De Propris, Anna M.
AU - Recchi, Domenico
AU - Celli, Valdisa
AU - Cicconetti, Paolo
AU - Marigliano, Vincenzo
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Objective: To evaluate whether the pulsatile component of blood pressure can be a risk factor independent of the steady component in elderly females. Design: Fifty-two elderly hypertensive female patients were compared with 32 normotensive control subjects of the same age. According to the results of that first study, a cohort of 126 elderly females was studied over a 3-year period to evaluate whether the pulsatile and steady-state components of blood pressure correlated with the same parameters and could predict the occurrence of cardiovascular events. Results: In the first study the hypertensive patients with elevated pulse pressure had significantly higher triglycerides level and lower urinary sodium excretion than the hypertensive patients with lower pulse pressure and than the control subjects of the same age. The incidence of cardiovascular events over a 3-year period was significantly higher in the elderly hypertensive females with increased pulse pressure. n the cohort of 126 females mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure did not show the same degree of correlation with the biological parameters tested (plasma triglycerides: MAP r = 0.162, P
AB - Objective: To evaluate whether the pulsatile component of blood pressure can be a risk factor independent of the steady component in elderly females. Design: Fifty-two elderly hypertensive female patients were compared with 32 normotensive control subjects of the same age. According to the results of that first study, a cohort of 126 elderly females was studied over a 3-year period to evaluate whether the pulsatile and steady-state components of blood pressure correlated with the same parameters and could predict the occurrence of cardiovascular events. Results: In the first study the hypertensive patients with elevated pulse pressure had significantly higher triglycerides level and lower urinary sodium excretion than the hypertensive patients with lower pulse pressure and than the control subjects of the same age. The incidence of cardiovascular events over a 3-year period was significantly higher in the elderly hypertensive females with increased pulse pressure. n the cohort of 126 females mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure did not show the same degree of correlation with the biological parameters tested (plasma triglycerides: MAP r = 0.162, P
KW - Cardiovascular event
KW - Hypertension in the elderly
KW - Pulse pressure
KW - Risk factors
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M3 - Article
C2 - 7615948
AN - SCOPUS:0028927596
VL - 13
SP - 185
EP - 191
JO - Journal of Hypertension
JF - Journal of Hypertension
SN - 0263-6352
IS - 2
ER -