High blood pressure associated with longer life among elderly people
Blood pressure is an important risk factor for mortality. Some
studies, however, have found that in people aged over 80 those with
higher blood pressure live longer. In a study on p 1780 Boshuizen et
al followed all 85 year olds in Leiden, the Netherlands, for at least 5 years. Their results confirm this inverse relation. Further analysis,
however, showed that the relation was related to poorer health in
participants with low blood pressure. After adjusting for health
status, the relation between blood pressure and all cause mortality was
no longer significant. However, there did seem to be a positive
relation between diastolic blood pressure and mortality from
cardiovascular causes and stroke. Treating hypertension should not
shorten life expectancy and may thus reduce disability or death from
stroke.
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