Effect Modification by Age on the Benefit or Harm of Antihypertensive Treatment for Elderly Hypertensives: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpy169
Abstract: BACKGROUND The influence of age on balance of benefit vs. potential harm of blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy for elderly hypertensives is unclear. We evaluated the modifying effects of age on BP lowering for various adverse… read more here.
Keywords: risk; elderly hypertensives; age; analysis ... See more keywords
INCREASED IONIZED CALCIUM-MAGNESIUM-RATIO IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVES - RELATIONSHIP TO ARTHERIOSCLEROSIS
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DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000836640.98666.86
Abstract: Objective: Changes in calcium and magnesium metabolism are involved in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension. The calcium and magnesium flux across the external membrane is regulated by a calcium pump (calcium-magnesium-ATPase), calcium and magnesium channels… read more here.
Keywords: magnesium; ionized calcium; magnesium ratio; elderly hypertensives ... See more keywords
Arterial Stiffness and Hypertension in the Elderly
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DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.544302
Abstract: Hypertension prevalence increases with age. Age and high blood pressure are the two main determinants of arterial stiffness. In elderly hypertensives, large arteries stiffen and systolic and pulse pressures increase, due to wave reflections. A… read more here.
Keywords: elderly hypertensives; determinants arterial; stiffness; pharmacology ... See more keywords