Effect of a meal on blood pressure in the elderly.
As post-prandial hypotension may be a cause of falls in older people, blood pressure was measured for one hour following a test meal in 22 elderly patients. There was a small fall in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure but no change in heart rate. Although the changes were small and no symptoms occurred, post-prandial hypotension might be important in elderly patients who had other abnormalities in blood pressure regulation.
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors