Postprandial Hypotension in Clinical Geriatric Patients and Healthy Elderly: Prevalence Related to Patient Selection and Diagnostic Criteria

Table 1

Methods used to measure postprandial hypotension.

Author (reference)	Subjects (𝑛)	Studygroup	Equipment	Time-interval (min.)	Duration measurement (min.)
Aronow and Ahn 1994 [3]	499	Long-term health care facility	Mercury sphygmomanometer	15	120
Jansen et al. 1996 [17]	22	Nursing home patients	Dinamap	5	90
Kohara et al. 1998 [20]	121	Hospitalized hypertensive patients	ABPM	30	24 hour
Puisieux et al. 2000 [18]	120 versus 36	In patients with syncope or falls versus control patients	Spacelab	15	24 hour
O’Donovan et al. 2002 [16]	8	Healthy elderly	Not mentioned	3	120
Kawaguchi et al. 2002 [19]	20 versus 20	Healthy elderly versus healthy Young individuals	Mercury sphygmomanometer	30	120
Vloet et al. 2005 [5]	58	Geriatric patients	Spacelab	10	90
Fisher et al. 2005 [21]	179	Long-term health care facility	Spacelab and mercury sphygmomanometer	60	60

ABPM: ambulatory blood pressure measurement.
Duration measurement: total time measured after finishing breakfast.