HYPERTENSION IN OLDER AGE GROUPS (1951)

Article1 April 1951HYPERTENSION IN OLDER AGE GROUPSSTEPHEN M. KRANE, GEORGE A. PERERA, M.D.STEPHEN M. KRANESearch for more papers by this author, GEORGE A. PERERA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-1017 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany patients first found to have an abnormal elevation of the blood pressure after the sixth decade exhibit a much milder clinical picture than that usually associated with hypertensive vascular disease. Although it has been traditional to state that this disorder increases in incidence with advancing years, some workers have presented considerable evidence that the onset occurs at an early age.1, 2, 3, 4 If essential hypertension begins in youth and early adult life, then the question may be raised whether the hypertension arising in later life is indeed the same process.Studies of blood pressure as casually recorded have...Bibliography1. Alvarez WC: Blood pressure in university freshmen and office patients, Arch. Int. Med. 26: 381-404, 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RobinsonBrucer SCM: Range of normal blood pressures; a statistical study of 11,383 persons, Arch. Int. Med. 64: 409-444, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SchroederSteele HAJM: Studies on "essential" hypertension. I. Classification, Arch. Int. Med. 64: 927-951, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Perera GA: Diagnosis and natural history of hypertensive vascular disease, Am. J. Med. 6: 416-422, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MasterMarksDack AMHHS: Hypertension in people over 40, J. A. M. A. 121: 1251-1256, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. RussekZohman HIBL: Normal blood pressure in senescence; a study of 3,691 white male subjects between the ages of 50 and 95 years, Geriatrics 1: 113-120, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. ZemanSchwartz FDBM: The effect of arteriosclerosis on the dynamics of hypertension in the aged; a preliminary clinical and pathological study of 150 cases, J. Gerontol. 3: 40-47, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Bell ET: Renal diseases, 1946, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 24, 1949.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York.This study was supported in part by a research grant from the National Heart Institute, U. S. Public Health Service, and was aided through the generosity of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStephen M. Krane: A Scholar and a GentlemanHypertonieHypertonieHypertensive vascular disease; description and natural history 1 April 1951Volume 34, Issue 4Page: 1017-1024KeywordsAge groupsBlood pressureHeartHospital medicineHypertensionLongitudinal studiesMedical servicesResearch grantsSurgeonsVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...