Association between hypertension status and the screening test for frailty in elderly community-dwelling Japanese

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Association between hypertension status and the screening test for frailty in elderly community-dwelling Japanese

Por: Yumi Koizumi, Yuko Hamazaki, Masashi Okuro, Osamu Iritani, Hiroshi Yano, Toshihiro Higashikawa, Kunimitsu Iwai y Shigeto Morimoto.  Hypertension Research (2013) 36, 639–644.

To clarify the possible association of frailty with hypertension prevalence, treatment and blood pressure (BP) control in the elderly, we conducted a screening survey of 1091 elderly community-dwelling subjects aged greater than or equal to65 years, using data from public health check-ups and frailty was determined by a 25-item questionnaire, the Basic Checklist for Frailty (BCF). The significance of differences in the association of BCF categories or BCF items with each hypertension status was analyzed using multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, sex and possible confounding underlying chronic conditions.  [Actualizado: 11 de julio 2013].