Open AccessBlood Pressure Trajectories in the 20 Years Before Death
Author(s) -
João Delgado,
Kirsty Bowman,
Alessandro Blè,
Jane Masoli,
Yang Han,
William Henley,
Scott Welsh,
George A. Kuchel,
Luigi Ferrucci,
David Melzer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7023
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , retrospective cohort study , cohort , population , medical record , cohort study , cause of death , diastole , pediatrics , disease , environmental health
There is mixed evidence that blood pressure (BP) stabilizes or decreases in later life. It is also unclear whether BP trajectories reflect advancing age, proximity to end of life, or selective survival of persons free from hypertension.
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