Orthostatic hypotension does not increase cardiovascular risk in the elderly at a population level

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-88

  Casiglia, Edoardo ^a   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^a,b   Caffi, Sandro ^c   Boschetti, Giovanni ^a   Giordano, Nunzia ^a   Guidotti, Federica ^a   Segato, Federico ^a   Mazza, Alberto ^d   Grasselli, Carla ^e   Saugo, Mario ^f   Rigoni, Giulio ^g   Guglielmi, Francesco ^e   Martini, Bortolo ^e   Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Rovigo   (Italy)

^e Hospital Santorso   (Italy)

^f Veneto Region   (Italy)

^g Health Unit No 4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Community; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Population; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIAC ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION; RISK.;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890453406     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt172     Document Type: Article

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