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High Blood
Pressure Not Often Treated in Elderly
(Chicago, Reuters Health, 7/26/05)
Dr. Daniel Levy of the Framingham Heart Study in
Framingham, MA, and fellow researchers, followed study
subjects beginning in 1948, as well as their offspring who
participated two decades later. The investigators found that
three-quarters of Americans aged 80 and older are
hypertensive, but many do not receive adequate treatment for
this condition, raising their risk of heart attack and stroke.
Normal blood pressure is defined as less than 120 mm Hg
systolic (during heart contraction) and 80 mm Hg.diastolic
(between contractions).
(Journal of the American Medical
Association) |
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