Advanced search
Publication Cover
Clinical and Experimental Hypertension Volume 31, 2009 - Issue 8
Submit an article Journal homepage
79
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Does Decreased Diastolic Blood Pressure Associate with Increased Mortality in 80-Year-Old Japanese?

Shuntaro Kagiyama Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan; Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Yutaka Takata Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Toshihiro Ansai Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Kiyoshi Matsumura Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
,
Inho Soh Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Shuji Awano Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Kazuo Sonoki Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Akihiro Yoshida Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Takehiro Torisu Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Tomoko Hamasaki Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Ikuo Nakamichi Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
,
Tadamichi Takehara Community Oral Health Science, Department of Health Promotion, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
&
Mitsuo Iida Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
 show all
Pages 639-647 | Received 21 Aug 2008, Accepted 10 Oct 2008, Published online: 10 Dec 2009

References

  • Burt VL, Whelton P, Roccella EJ, Brown C, Cutler JA, Higgins M, Horan MJ, Labarthe D. Prevalence of hypertension in the US adult population. Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1991. Hypertension 1995;25:305–313.
  • Lewington S, Clarke R, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: A meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet 2002;360:1903–1913.
  • Murakami Y, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Ueshima H. Relation of blood pressure and all-cause mortality in 180,000 Japanese participants: Pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies. Hypertension 2008;51:1483–1491.
  • Mattila K, Haavisto M, Rajala S, Heikinheimo R. Blood pressure and five year survival in the very old. BMJ (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:887–889.
  • Langer RD, Ganiats TG, Barrett-Connor E. Paradoxical survival of elderly men with high blood pressure. BMJ 1989;298:1356–1357.
  • Satish S, Freeman DH Jr, Ray L, Goodwin JS. The relationship between blood pressure and mortality in the oldest old. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49:367–374.
  • van Bemmel T, Gussekloo J, Westendorp RG, Blauw GJ. In a population-based prospective study, no association between high blood pressure and mortality after age 85 years. J Hypertens 2006;24:287–292.
  • Oates DJ, Berlowitz DR, Glickman ME, Silliman RA, Borzecki AM. Blood pressure and survival in the oldest old. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:383–388.
  • Kagiyama S, Fukuhara M, Ansai T, Matsumura K, Soh I, Takata Y, Sonoki K, Awano S, Takehara T, Iida M. Association between blood pressure and mortality in 80-year-old subjects from a population-based prospective study in Japan. Hypertens Res 2008;31:265–270.
  • Staessen JA, Gasowski J, Wang JG, Thijs L, Den Hond E, Boissel JP, Coope J, Ekbom T, Gueyffier F, Liu L, Kerlikowske K, Pocock S, Fagard RH. Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: Meta-analysis of outcome trials. Lancet 2000;355: 865–872.
  • SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Prevention of stroke by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension. Final results of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). JAMA 1991;265:3255–3264.
  • Staessen JA, Fagard R, Thijs L, Celis H, Arabidze GG, Birkenhäger WH, Bulpitt CJ, de Leeuw PW, Dollery CT, Fletcher AE, Forette F, Leonetti G, Nachev C, O’Brien ET, Rosenfeld J, Rodicio JL, Tuomilehto J, Zanchetti A. Randomised double-blind comparison of placebo and active treatment for older patients with isolated systolic hypertension. The Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators. Lancet 1997;350:757–764.
  • Liu L, Wang JG, Gong L, Liu G, Staessen JA. Comparison of active treatment and placebo in older Chinese patients with isolated systolic hypertension. Systolic Hypertension in China (Syst-China) Collaborative Group. J Hypertens 1998;16(12 pt 1):1823–1829.
  • Beckett NS, Peters R, Fletcher AE, Staessen JA, Liu L, Dumitrascu D, Stoyanovsky V, Antikainen RL, Nikitin Y, Anderson C, Belhani A, Forette F, Rajkumar C, Thijs L, Banya W, Bulpitt CJ. Treatment of hypertension in patients 80 years of age or older. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1887–1898.
  • Fagard RH, Cornelissen VA. Incidence of cardiovascular events in white-coat, masked and sustained hypertension versus true normotension: a meta-analysis. J Hypertens 2007;25:2193–2198.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.