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The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 56:M217-M225 (2001)
© 2001 The Gerontological Society of America

Hypertension in Older Adults

Anne-Sophie Rigauda and Bernard Foretteb,c

a Hôpital Broca, CHU Cochin-Port-Royal, Paris, France
b Hôpital Sainte Périne, Paris, France
c Centre Claude Bernard de Gérontologie, Association Claude Bernard, Paris, France

Bernard Forette, Centre Claude Bernard de Gerontologie, Association Claude Bernard, 29 rue Wilhem, 75016 Paris, France E-mail: bforette{at}compuserve.com.

Decision Editor: John E. Morley, MB, BCh

The high prevalence of hypertension in older persons (nearly one of two subjects aged 60 years and older) suggests that the recognition and treatment should be a priority for physicians. Although diastolic blood pressure is regarded as an important risk factor, it is now clear that isolated systolic hypertension and elevated pulse pressure also play an important role in the development of cerebrovascular disease, congestive heart failure, and coronary heart disease, which are the major causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the population aged older than 65 years. Controlled, randomized trials have shown that treatment of systolic as well as systolodiastolic hypertension decreases the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications in older adults. The question of whether treatment of hypertension should be maintained in very old persons, those older than 80 years, is still undecided.




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