Arterial XXXX and mortality in the elderly.

@entity1 @entity712 @entity64 @entity101 @entity301 @entity1151 @entity453
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate at a population level whether @entity101 is a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and to verify whether or not this is true for both genders at any age. METHODS: This population-based, long-lasting, prospective study includes a 14-year mortality (institutional epidemiology in primary care). Unselected, unbiased subjects (5185) aged 22 to 95 years were recruited from the Italian general population, and divided into normotensive (<140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure [BP] and <90 mm Hg diastolic BP and untreated) and @entity101 groups. The main aim was to identify the significant predictors of mortality due to @entity64 , @entity453 , @entity712 , and @entity1151 , and to quantify the age-adjusted relative risk of @entity101 in @entity1 and @entity1 , at different age classes (<70, 70 to 79, >or =80 years) for each mortality cause. The analysis was repeated among 1091 normotensive and 1091 @entity101 age-matched subjects to clean statistics from the effects of age. RESULTS: There were 846 cardiovascular deaths, 178 due to @entity64 , 273 to @entity301 , 351 to @entity712 , and 44 to @entity1151 . @entity101 predicted @entity64 mortality, but not that due to other causes. This prediction was only significant in @entity1 , not in @entity1 . No prediction was possible after the age of 80 years. Age-matching increased the significance level of @entity64 mortality prediction in @entity1 aged <80 years; in these @entity1 , systolic BP predicted @entity64 mortality directly and diastolic inversely. CONCLUSIONS; In this population, @entity101 predicted @entity64 mortality in @entity1 aged <80 years. High systolic and low diastolic BP were predictive of @entity64 mortality, confirming a prognostic role for high pulse pressure.
