title: Campodimele study: blood pressure and heart rate pattern in clinically healthy elderly subjects.
abstract: Noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring is a developing method in clinical practice. Its interpretation needs reference standards stratified by age and gender. This study addresses ambulatory BP monitoring in elderly people with the purpose of quantifying the discrete and periodic variability of BP pattern over a 24-h period. The ABPM was performed in 92 clinically healthy subjects (45 men and 47 women) ranging in age from 76 to 102 years. The results refer to the time-qualified mean values with their dispersion, to the circadian rhythm with its parameters, and to the daily baric impact (BI) with its variability. The conclusion is drawn that BP preserves its nychtohemeral variability and circadian rhythmicity despite old age. The daily BP mean level and BI in older people in good health are comparable with those of young subjects, suggesting that humans surviving into old age are characterized by a eugenic control of their pressure regimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Semeiotic and Methodology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cugini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lucia
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sepe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelosio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caparelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zannella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zannella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pannozzo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol