caa a22 4500 465769616 CHVBK 20180323111925.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00145789 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00145789 Blood pressure and hypertension in an elderly population [Elektronische Daten] [A. Strulov, L. Epstein, A. Harth, A. Tamir] In order to study the epidemiology of hypertension in the elderly and its relationship to other disease situations, a study was performed on 815 institutionalized elderly people indicating a statistically significant decrease of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure with age. There is a difference between the population originating in Europe and America and those from Asia and Africa; in the latter group the blood pressure values were significantly higher, specially in females. The prevalence of hypertension as a disease does not differ between younger and older age groups. The lower prevalence in the population studied (28.1%) when compared to data in the literature which indicates prevalence of about 40%, might be due to the fact that the institution population live under sheltered conditions and close medical follow up. In conclusion hypertension in the elderly serves as a major risk factor for several disease situations thus leading to a better survival for those with lower values of blood pressure. Gustav Fischer, 1990 Blood pressure nationallicence Hypertension nationallicence Old age home nationallicence Elderly population nationallicence Related diseases nationallicence Strulov A. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut Epstein L. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut Harth A. Malben Home for the Aged, Ministry of Health, Pardes Hanna, Israel aut Tamir A. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/2(1990-06-01), 160-165 0393-2990 6:2<160 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145789 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145789 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strulov A. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Epstein L. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harth A. Malben Home for the Aged, Ministry of Health, Pardes Hanna, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tamir A. Department of Family and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Kupat Holim. The Health-Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/2(1990-06-01), 160-165 0393-2990 6:2<160 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer