Lower standing systolic blood pressure as a predictor of falls in the elderly: A community-based prospective study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 246-252

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a,b   Tobin, Jonathan N ^a,c   Wolfson, Leslie I ^c,d   Whipple, Robert ^c,d   Derby, Carol A ^c   Singh, Devender ^c   Marantz, Paul R ^c   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^c  

^a Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0034972476     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01327-4     Document Type: Article

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