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- Title
Rethinking the association of high blood pressure with mortality in elderly adults: the impact of frailty.
- Authors
Odden, Michelle C; Peralta, Carmen A; Haan, Mary N; Covinsky, Kenneth E
- Abstract
The association of hypertension and mortality is attenuated in elderly adults. Walking speed, as a measure of frailty, may identify which elderly adults are most at risk for the adverse effects of hypertension. We hypothesized that elevated blood pressure (BP) would be associated with a greater risk of mortality in faster-, but not slower-, walking older adults.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2012, Vol 172, Issue 15, p1162
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2555