Hélio José Coelho-Junior1, Marco C Uchida2, Anna Picca3, Riccardo Calvani3, Francesco Landi4, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves5, Bruno Rodrigues2, Roberto Bernabei4, Emanuele Marzetti6. 1. Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Applied Kinesiology Laboratory-LCA, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: coelhojunior@hotmail.com.br. 2. Applied Kinesiology Laboratory-LCA, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. 3. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy. 4. Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy. 5. School of Physical Education, UNISUZ, SP 08675-130, Suzano, Brazil. 6. Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: emanuele.marzetti@policlinicogemelli.it.
Abstract
AIM: The present study investigated whether hypertension, blood pressure, and antihypertensive therapy were associated with frailty status in community-dwelling older adults. In addition, we tested whether such associations were consistent across different frailty instruments. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two-hundred older adults were enrolled in the study. Participant frailty status was determined according to a modified physical frailty phenotype (mFP), the FRAIL scale, and the Study of Osteoporotic Fracture (SOF) index. Blood pressure was assessed three times, in three different days, and mean values were used in the final analysis. Information pertaining to disease conditions and antihypertensive therapy were collected by two researchers through self-report and careful review of medical charts. RESULTS: No significant differences in hemodynamic parameters, hypertension diagnosis, and antihypertensive therapy were observed across frailty statuses, regardless of the frailty assessment tool used. CONCLUSION: Findings of the present study indicate that hypertension, blood pressure levels and antihypertensive medication were not cross-sectionally associated with frailty status in cognitively preserved community-dwelling older adults with low prevalence of comorbidities, regardless of the tool used for frailty identification.
AIM: The present study investigated whether hypertension, blood pressure, and antihypertensive therapy were associated with frailty status in community-dwelling older adults. In addition, we tested whether such associations were consistent across different frailty instruments. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two-hundred older adults were enrolled in the study. Participant frailty status was determined according to a modified physical frailty phenotype (mFP), the FRAIL scale, and the Study of Osteoporotic Fracture (SOF) index. Blood pressure was assessed three times, in three different days, and mean values were used in the final analysis. Information pertaining to disease conditions and antihypertensive therapy were collected by two researchers through self-report and careful review of medical charts. RESULTS: No significant differences in hemodynamic parameters, hypertension diagnosis, and antihypertensive therapy were observed across frailty statuses, regardless of the frailty assessment tool used. CONCLUSION: Findings of the present study indicate that hypertension, blood pressure levels and antihypertensive medication were not cross-sectionally associated with frailty status in cognitively preserved community-dwelling older adults with low prevalence of comorbidities, regardless of the tool used for frailty identification.
Authors: Fernando Gioppo Blauth; Laís Araújo Dos Santos Vilar; Victor de Carvalho Brito Pontes; Júlio César Moriguti; Eduardo Ferriolli; Nereida Kilza da Costa Lima Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) Date: 2021-12-09 Impact factor: 3.738