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Blood Pressure in Older Adults: the Importance of Frailty

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  • The importance of high blood pressure (BP) and the effect of BP lowering in older adults remain controversial due to the mixed evidence in this population. Frailty status may resolve the apparently conflicting findings and identify subpopulations who share common risk. Emerging evidence demonstrates that low BP is associated with poor outcomes in older frail adults or those with poor functional status. In contrast, in non-frail older adults, low BP appears beneficial. Frail older adults may be at increased risk of hypotension, serious fall injuries, and polypharmacy. Additionally, peripheral BP may not be the best prognostic measure in this population. The majority of clinical practice guidelines give little recommendation for frail older adults, which is likely due to their systematic underrepresentation in randomized controlled trials. Future studies need to consider modifications to safely include frail older adults, and guidelines should consider inclusion of evidence beyond randomized controlled trials.
  • This article is part of the Topical Collection on Resistant Hypertension. This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://www.springer.com/medicine/internal/journal/11906
  • Keywords: Antihypertensive medications, Cognitive function, Aged, Physical function, Falls, Frailty
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  • Odden, M. C., Beilby, P. R., & Peralta, C. A. (2015). Blood Pressure in Older Adults: the Importance of Frailty. Current Hypertension Reports, 17(7), 55. doi:10.1007/s11906-015-0564-y
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  • Support for this research was provided by the National Institute on Aging (K01AG039387, R01AG46206).
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