Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study
Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in the elderly is an important health challenge that poses a significant burden. We sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of OH in an elderly population-based study. Methods: This study was conducted within the framework of the Amirkola Health and...
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| author | Mehdi Safarpour Akbar Fotouhi Seyed Reza Hosseini Masume Mohamadzade Ali Bijani |
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| description | Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in the elderly is an important health challenge that poses a significant burden. We sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of OH in an elderly population-based study.
Methods: This study was conducted within the framework of the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) on 1,588 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. The baseline measurement was performed from April 2011 to July 2012. The relationships between OH (dependent variable) and age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, and cognitive status (independent variables) were investigated by logistic regression.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 69.37±7.42 years (men: 69.96±7.68 y, women: 68.66±7.02 y). The prevalence of OH was 10.7%: 8.4% in the male and 13.7% in the female patients. In the final model, hypertension (OR=2.4, 95% CI: 1.6–3.7), diabetes (OR=1.3, 95% CI: 1.0–1.9), age (OR=2.9, 95% CI: 1.7–4.8), and female sex (female [OR=1.6, 95% CI: 1.1–2.3]) were significantly correlated with OH.
Conclusion: The prevalence of OH in our elderly subjects increased with age. Additionally, the older participants with diabetes and hypertension had a higher likelihood of having this OH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9da417127854b48bbe7c69b439038c22022-12-22T03:18:41ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Tehran University Heart Center1735-86202008-23712019-10-0114410.18502/jthc.v14i4.2000Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) StudyMehdi Safarpour0Akbar Fotouhi1Seyed Reza Hosseini2Masume Mohamadzade3Ali Bijani4Department of Disease Prevention and Control, Health Deputy, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Department of Disease Prevention and Control, Health Deputy, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in the elderly is an important health challenge that poses a significant burden. We sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of OH in an elderly population-based study. Methods: This study was conducted within the framework of the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) on 1,588 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. The baseline measurement was performed from April 2011 to July 2012. The relationships between OH (dependent variable) and age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, and cognitive status (independent variables) were investigated by logistic regression. Results: The mean age of the participants was 69.37±7.42 years (men: 69.96±7.68 y, women: 68.66±7.02 y). The prevalence of OH was 10.7%: 8.4% in the male and 13.7% in the female patients. In the final model, hypertension (OR=2.4, 95% CI: 1.6–3.7), diabetes (OR=1.3, 95% CI: 1.0–1.9), age (OR=2.9, 95% CI: 1.7–4.8), and female sex (female [OR=1.6, 95% CI: 1.1–2.3]) were significantly correlated with OH. Conclusion: The prevalence of OH in our elderly subjects increased with age. Additionally, the older participants with diabetes and hypertension had a higher likelihood of having this OH.https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/899Hypotension; orthostaticAgedPrevalence |
| spellingShingle | Mehdi Safarpour Akbar Fotouhi Seyed Reza Hosseini Masume Mohamadzade Ali Bijani Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study Journal of Tehran University Heart Center Hypotension; orthostatic Aged Prevalence |
| title | Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study |
| title_full | Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study |
| title_short | Predictors of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: Results from the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) Study |
| title_sort | predictors of orthostatic hypotension in the elderly results from the amirkola health and ageing project ahap study |
| topic | Hypotension; orthostatic Aged Prevalence |
| url | https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/899 |
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