TY  - JOUR
T1  - Gait speed: Comment on “rethinking the association of high blood pressure with mortality in elderly adults”
AU  - Goodwin JS
Y1  - 2012/08/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2642
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1168
EP  - 1169
VL  - 172
IS  - 15
N2  - 
In 1988, Matilla et al1 reported that, among the very old, elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) were associated with longer survival. The differences were not subtle. The 5-year survival of those with systolic BPs greater than 200 mm Hg were almost twice as high as those with levels of 120 to 140 mm Hg. Over the ensuing 25 years, a substantial number of population-based studies have reported the same findings: in those older than 85 years (or older than 80 years in some studies), high BP is an excellent prognostic sign.2- 3

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2642
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2642
ER  -