Finding prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in elder persons living in community
- Author:
Pham Thang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
orthostatic hypotension
- MeSH:
Hypotension, Orthostatic;
Hypotension;
Prevalence
- From:Journal of Medicinal Materials - Hanoi
2003;3():6-11
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
To find prevalence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) in elder persons living in community, blood pressure was measured in the supine position and after 1-2 minutes of orthostatist in 1286 elderly persons (499 men and 787 women aged 70.447.54 years). The results showed that the prevalence of OH in elderly persons living in community was 18.5%. There are not any significant difference in OH between men and women. Prevalence of OH in “very old” group (75 years old or more) was higher than in 60 - 74 years old group (30.4% vs. 13.8%). The hypertensive persons had the prevalence of OH higher than that of the normotensive persons.
