Table 1 Clinical characteristics at baseline according to BP levels

From: Associations of blood pressure levels with clinical events in older patients receiving home medical care

  

All patients (n = 144)

Hypertensive patients (n = 102)

 

All (n = 144)

SBP < 124 (n = 72)

SBP ≥ 124 (n = 72)

p

SBP < 124 (n = 49)

SBP ≥ 124 (n = 53)

p

Age, mean ± SD

84.1 ± 8

84.5 ± 9

83.7 ± 8

0.56

86.2 ± 9

83.4 ± 8

0.08

Men, %

55 (38.2)

24 (33.3)

31 (43.1)

0.23

17 (34.7)

22 (41.5)

0.48

Level of care need ≥ 3, %a

81 (62.8)

46 (68.7)

35 (56.5)

0.15

30 (63.8)

23 (51.1)

0.22

Daily life independence level for dementia 3–4, %b

50 (38.2)

36 (53.7)

22 (34.4)

0.03

25 (52.1)

15 (31.9)

0.05

SBP, mmHg, mean ± SD

123.6 ± 18

110.8 ± 9

136.4 ± 16

<0.01

112.9 ± 7

137.3 ± 18

<0.01

DBP, mmHg, mean ± SD

67.8 ± 10

63.6 ± 8

72.0 ± 11

<0.01

64.9 ± 7

72.6 ± 11

<0.01

Hypertension, %

102 (70.8)

49 (68.1)

53 (73.6)

0.46

–

–

–

Antihypertension medication, %　

91 (63.2)

47 (65.3)

44 (61.1)

0.60

47 (95.9)

44 (83.0)

0.04

Diabetes mellitus, %

33 (22.9)

13 (18.1)

20 (27.8)

0.17

11 (22.4)

16 (30.2)

0.38

Dyslipidemia, %

67 (46.5)

34 (47.2)

33 (45.8)

0.87

25 (51.0)

25 (47.2)

0.70

Bone and joint diseases, %c

36 (25.0)

16 (22.2)

20 (27.8)

0.44

10 (20.4)

14 (26.4)

0.48

Heart failure, %

25 (17.4)

17 (23.6)

8 (11.1)

0.05

17 (34.7)

8 (15.1)

0.02

Respiratory disease, %d

24 (16.7)

15 (20.8)

9 (12.5)

0.18

9 (18.4)

6 (11.3)

0.32

Cerebrovascular disease, %

26 (18.1)

11 (15.3)

15 (20.8)

0.39

8 (16.3)

10 (18.9)

0.74

Dementia, %

48 (33.3)

22 (30.6)

26 (36.1)

0.48

16 (32.7)

15 (28.3)

0.63

Cancer, %

17 (11.8)

7 (9.7)

10 (13.9)

0.44

3 (6.1)

6 (11.3)

0.49

Pressure sores, %

21 (14.6)

17 (23.6)

4 (5.6)

<0.01

12 (24.5)

2 (3.8)

<0.01

eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 ± SD

68.3 ± 31

68.4 ± 28

66.2 ± 33

0.96

63.3 ± 28

60.0 ± 26

0.57

Serum albumin, mg/dL ± SD

3.7 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.5

3.7 ± 0.5

0.65

3.7 ± 0.6

3.7 ± 0.6

0.83

Living alone, %

30 (21.4)

17 (23.9)

13 (18.8)

0.46

13 (27.1)

11 (22.0)

0.56

Home visiting nurse, %

85 (59.0)

44 (62.2)

41 (56.9)

0.61

30 (61.2)

30 (56.6)

0.64

  1. Values are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  2. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate
  3. aScores range from 0 to 5, with higher values indicating greater disability
  4. bScores range from 0 to 5, with higher values indicating more severe symptoms with dementia
  5. cIncluding fracture, osteoarthritis, articular rheumatism, osteoporosis
  6. dIncluding chronic respiratory failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary emphysema, interstitial pneumonia
Back to article page