Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Elderly

Table 2

Studies published on ABPM in subjects older than 65 years.

Study (year)	No. of patients	Age range	Time of followup	Results
Lee et al. (1995) [8]	102	65–93	NA	Normality values
Fotherby and Potter (1995) [7]	108	65–>80	NA	Normotensive values of ABPM; Nondipping pattern
Sega et al. (1997) [6]	800	65–74	NA	Population base. Normality values
Hoshide (2002) [67]	811		41 months	ABPM was more useful than CB P; in extreme dipper and riser patterns
Wing (2002) [68]	713	65–83	N/A	ABPM prevents overtreatment
O’Sullivan et al. (2003) [9]	156	78	NA	SBP was associated with age; Nondipping pattern and age
Björklund et al. (2004) [13]	872 (men)	70	9.5 yrs	Prognosis of cardiovascular risk
Burr et al. (2008) [24]	1144	72	6.7 yrs	ABPM as mortality predictor.; Nighttime SBP as best predictor
Ungar et al. (2009) [19]	805	72	3.8 yrs	SBP, PP with low DBP, and mortality
Gosse et al. (2010) [4]	955	>65	N/A	Population base. Prevalence of hypertension
Andrade et al. (2010) [62]	106	83	30 months	ABPM predicts cardiovascular events. SBP loads

NA: not applicable.