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Hypertension in the Elderly
1. THE RISE AND FALL:
Hypertension in the Elderly
Marc Evans M. Abat, MD, FPCP, FPCGM
Internal Medicine-Geriatric Medicine
Head, Center for Healthy Aging, The Medical City
Consultant, Philippine General Hospital, Manila Doctors Hospital, St. Luke’s
Medical Center
2. Issues to Address
• Epidemiology of Hypertension in the Elderly
• Diagnosis of Hypertension: Any Difference for
the Elderly?
• Treatment Considerations for the Elderly?
• Benefits of Treatment?
• Which Drugs to Choose?
4. Top 10 Leading Causes of Mortality
MORTALITY: TEN (10) LEADING CAUSES, NUMBER AND RATE/100,000 POPULATION
CAUSES
5-Year Average
(2001-2005)
2006*
Number Rate Number Rate
1. Diseases of the Heart 69,741 85.5 83,081 95.5
2. Diseases of the Vascular System 52,106 64.0 55,466 63.8
3. Malignant Neoplasms 39,634 48.6 43,043 49.5
4. Accidents** 33,650 41.4 36,162 41.6
5. Pneumonia 33,764 41.5 34,958 40.2
6. Tuberculosis, all forms 27,017 33.2 25,860 29.7
7. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 19,024 23.3 21,216 24.4
8. Diabetes Mellitus 15,123 18.5 20,239 23.3
9.Certain conditions originating in the
13,931 17.2 12,334 14.2
perinatal period
10. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome
and nephrosis
9,785 12.0 11,981 13.8
6. Prevalence of Hypertension
70
50
40
30
20
10
0
60
50-59
60-69
≥70
Percent Prevalence Within Group
Age Group
Males
Females
N=3901 patients
PJC Vol. 35, No.1
January - June 2007
7. PhilHealth-Reimbursed Hospitalizations for
Hypertension 2002-2005
0 20 40 60
all HPN-related diagnosis
Hypertensive Heart or Renal
Disease
Other Definite Consequences
60-79
80-100
N=444528 admissions
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:161
8. Risk Factors for Hypertension in the
Elderly
• Agevery important
risk factor
9. Age-Related Changes
Gradual elongation and stiffening of the
aortic wall
Increased luminal diameter of the aorta
Endothelial cells enlarge, become
irregular in shape size and contour
Medial hypertrophy
Subintimal increase in collagen, smooth
muscle and calcification
Sodium and intravascular volume
responsiveness of blood pressure
with aging
Noncompliant
older aorta is less
able to buffer
pulsatile output of
the heart
Decreased β-adrenergic (vasodilator)
Suppression of RAS, decreased renin
euvolemic elderly
Decreased nitric oxide production
Autonomic dysfunction
Vasoconstriction
Lability of BP
response
10. Other Risk Factors
Odds ratio
prehypertension 3.5
Current alcohol drinker 1.2
overweight 1.5
Obesity 1.9
Parental history of HPN 1.2
Parental history of DM 1.3
Diabetes mellitus 2.3
microalbuminuria 2.1
macroalbuminuria 4.5
Insulin resistance 1.4-2.7
Insulin levels 1.4-2.0
hypertriglyceridemia 1.3
Hypertension 2006;47;403-409;
12. Joint National Commission 7
SBP DBP
Normal <120 and <80
Prehypertension 120-139
or
80-89
Hypertension stage 1 140-159 90-99
Hypertension stage 2 ≥160 ≥100
13. Diagnosis
• Taken on at least 3 BP measurements, on 2 or
more office visits
• Taken after resting for at least 5 minutes
• Proper equipment and instrumentation
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16. White Coat Hypertension
• Persistent in-office BP
elevations with no evidence of
end-organ damage
• Out-of-office BP < 140/90
• Intermittent ambulatory BP
monitoring may be more
appropriate for diagnosis
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17. Pseudohypertension
• Sclerotic, calcified arteries causing non-compressibility
• Suspected in those with
– Persistent BP elevation
– No end-organ damage
– Symptoms of overtreatment
• May be screened by the “Osler Maneuver”
• Intraarterial BP measurement
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18. Auscultatory Gap
• Disappearance of the Korotkoff sounds
between Phase 2-3
• May be 10-60 mmHg
• Related to arterial stiffness
Measure the palpatory blood pressure
first then measure the auscultatory
blood pressure starting at a level
above the previous reading.
Unawareness of this phenomenon may lead to
an underestimation of the true systolic blood
pressure
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20. Other Diagnostic Considerations
• BP determination in sitting and standing
positions
• Detailed Medical History and Physical
Examination
– Medication Review
– Dietary Review
– Tobacco, alcohol and other substance abuse
21. Work-Up
• To assess target organ damage
– urinalysis
– BUN, creatinine, electrolytes
– Lipid profile
– FBS and possibly HgbA1C
– ECG
• Other labs to rule out secondary causes
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22. Secondary Hypertension
• Sleep apnea
• Drug-induced
• Chronic kidney disease
• Primary aldosteronism
• Renovascular disease
• Chronic steroid therapy or Cushing’s syndrome
• Pheochromocytoma
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Thyroid or parathyroid disease
24. The Geriatric Syndromes
dementia inappropriate
prescribing of
medications
osteoporosis
depression incontinence sensory alterations
including hearing
and visual impairment
delirium iatrogenic problems immobility and
gait disturbances
falls failure to thrive
pressure ulcers sleep disorders
25. Target Organ Damage/Compelling
Indications
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Dementia
• CAD
• LVH and heart failure
• cardiac rhythm disorders (atrial fibrillation [AF] and
sudden death)
• aortic and peripheral arterial disease
• CKD
• ophthalmologic disorders
• Diabetes mellitus
• quality of life (QoL) issues (e.g. sexual function)
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26. Therapeutic Goals
• Less than 140 mm Hg systolic and/or 90 mm
Hg diastolic
– Uncomplicated hypertension
– Healthy elderly
– <80 years old
• For those >80 years old, or frail older patients,
targets are unclear
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28. The Difficult Patient
• Unable to bring down the blood pressure
despite > 4 drugs
• Adverse reactions (e.g. falls)
• Diastolic blood pressure goes down to <65
mm Hg
may have to settle for a higher BP level
control
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29. Diastolic Blood Pressure
Figure 1. Percentage of (a) all-cause death and (b) CV death by DBP strata of 10 mm Hg.
Protogerou A D et al. Hypertension 2007;50:172-180
32. Comparison of blood pressure lowering regimens against placebo or
less intensive control.
BMJ 2008;336:1121-1123
33. Blood pressure lowering regimens based on different drug classes for the
outcome total major cardiovascular events and age groups <65 versus ≥65.
BMJ 2008;336:1121-1123
34. Sublingual Antihypertensives
• May lead to sudden and drastic BP drops
• Complications
– Cerebral ischemia
– Myocardial ischemia
– Falls
39. BP Nadir by Age and Risk of Events
Am J Med. 2010 August ; 123(8): 719–726
Notes de l'éditeur
Osler maneuver-radial pulse still palpable when cuff is inflated above systolic blood pressure
Implications:
Systolic hypertension is the one more directly correlated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
Degree of control is now being limited by the corresponding diastolic blood pressure (i.e. level of systolic BP lowering may be limited by excessively low diastolic pressures—important since coronary perfusion occurs during diastole)
Figure 1. Percentage of (a) all-cause death and (b) CV death by DBP strata of 10 mm Hg.
Objective To quantify the relative risk reductions achieved with different regimens to lower blood pressure in younger and older adults.
Design Meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses used to compare the effects on the primary outcome between two age groups (<65 v ≥65 years). Evidence for an interaction between age and the effects of treatment sought by fitting age as a continuous variable and estimating overall effects across trials.
Main outcome measures Primary outcome: total major cardiovascular events.
Results 31 trials, with 190 606 participants, were included. The meta-analyses showed no clear difference between age groups in the effects of lowering blood pressure or any difference between the effects of the drug classes on major cardiovascular events (all P≥0.24). Neither was there any significant interaction between age and treatment when age was fitted as a continuous variable (all P>0.09). The meta-regressions also showed no difference in effects between the two age groups for the outcome of major cardiovascular events (<65 v ≥65; P=0.38).
Conclusions Reduction of blood pressure produces benefits in younger (<65 years) and older (≥65 years) adults, with no strong evidence that protection against major vascular events afforded by different drug classes varies substantially with age.
Fig 1 Comparison of blood pressure lowering regimens against placebo or less intensive control. SBP/DBP difference=overall difference in mean blood pressure during follow-up between treatment groups (actively treated group versus control group), calculated by weighting difference observed in each contributing trial by number of individuals in trial. Negative blood pressure values indicate lower mean follow-up blood pressure in first listed than in second listed groups
Fig 3 Blood pressure lowering regimens based on different drug classes for the outcome total major cardiovascular events and age groups <65 versus ≥65. SBP/DBP difference=overall difference in mean blood pressure during follow-up between treatment groups (group assigned first listed treatment versus group assigned second listed treatment), calculated by weighting difference observed in each contributing trial by number of individuals in trial. Negative blood pressure values indicate lower mean follow-up blood pressure in first listed than in second listed groups
Felodipine Event Reduction (FEVER) was a double-blind, randomized trial on 9711 Chinese hypertensives, in whom
cardiovascular outcomes were significantly reduced by more intense therapy (low-dose hydrochlorothiazide and
low-dose felodipine) achieving a mean of 138 mmHg SBP compared with less-intense therapy (low-dose hydrochlorothiazide
and placebo) achieving a mean of 142 mmHg. FEVER included older and younger patients, and patients
with and without diabetes or cardiovascular disease. In the analyses here reported, Cox regression models assessed
outcome differences between more and less-intense treatments in groups of patients with different baseline
characteristics. Significant reductions in stroke were found in uncomplicated hypertensives (239%, P ¼ 0.002), in
hypertensives with randomization SBP ,153 mmHg (229%, P ¼ 0.03), and in elderly hypertensives (244%,
P , 0.001), when their SBP was lowered by more intense treatment. Significant reductions (between 229 and
247%, P ¼ 0.02 to ,0.001) were also found in all cardiovascular events and all deaths. Achieving mean SBP
values ,140 mmHg by adding a small dose of a generic drug prevented 2.1 (uncomplicated hypertensives) and
5.2 (elderly) cardiovascular events every 100 patients treated for 3.3 years.
The reason for the lack of significant difference in the risk of events for the group < 65 years old was attributed to the already relatively lower risk at baseline compared to the group > 65 years old (which had higher risks for events)
Abstract—In this prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end point study, we aimed to establish whether strict blood
pressure control (140 mm Hg) is superior to moderate blood pressure control (140 mm Hg to 150 mm Hg) in
reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. We divided 3260
patients aged 70 to 84 years with isolated systolic hypertension (sitting blood pressure 160 to 199 mm Hg) into 2 groups,
according to strict or moderate blood pressure treatment. A composite of cardiovascular events was evaluated for 2
years. The strict control (1545 patients) and moderate control (1534 patients) groups were well matched (mean age: 76.1
years; mean blood pressure: 169.5/81.5 mm Hg). Median follow-up was 3.07 years.
BACKGROUND—Our understanding of the growing population of very old patients (aged ≥80
years) with coronary artery disease and hypertension is limited, particularly the relationship
between blood pressure and adverse outcomes.
METHODS—This was a secondary analysis of the INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril
STudy (INVEST), which involved 22,576 clinically stable hypertensive coronary artery disease
patients aged ≥50 years. The patients were grouped by age in 10-year increments (aged ≥80, n =
2180; 70–<80, n = 6126; 60–<70, n = 7602; <60, n =6668). Patients were randomized to either
verapamil SR- or atenolol-based treatment strategies, and primary outcome was first occurrence of
all-cause death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke.
RESULTS—At baseline, increasing age was associated with higher systolic blood pressure,
lower diastolic blood pressure, and wider pulse pressure (P <.001). Treatment decreased systolic,
diastolic, and pulse pressure for each age group. However, the very old retained the widest pulse
pressure and the highest proportion (23.6%) with primary outcome. The adjusted hazard ratio for
primary outcomes showed a J-shaped relationship among each age group with on-treatment
systolic and diastolic pressures. The systolic pressure at the hazard ratio nadir increased with
increasing age, highest for the very old (140 mm Hg). However, diastolic pressure at the hazard
ratio nadir was only somewhat lower for the very old (70 mm Hg). Results were independent of
treatment strategy.