Is orthostatic hypotension related to falling? A meta-analysis of individual patient data of prospective observational studies

Age and Ageing

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 568-575

  Hartog, Laura Caroline ^a   Schrijnders, Dennis ^a,b   Landman, G W D ^b,c   Groenier, Klaas ^a,d   Kleefstra, Nanne ^b,d   Bilo, Henk J G ^a,d,e   Van Hateren, Kornelis Johannes Jongers ^b  

^a Diabetes Centre   (Netherlands)

^b LANGERHANS MEDICAL RESEARCH GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Isala Hospitals   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fall risk; Individual patient data; Meta analysis; Older people; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85021745343     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afx024     Document Type: Review

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