Postprandial Reduction in Blood Pressure in the Elderly

Janet C. Mohle; Colin Powell; Philip M. Lecompte; Lewis A. Lipsitz; Jeanne Y. Wei; John W. Rowe

doi:10.1056/NEJM198311173092017

Postprandial Reduction in Blood Pressure in the Elderly

Janet C. Mohle, Colin Powell, Philip M. Lecompte, Lewis A. Lipsitz, Jeanne Y. Wei, John W. Rowe

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To the Editor: The report by Lipsitz et al. (July 14 issue)* is interesting, but two points need to be clarified. Calculation of the reduction in blood pressure using the standard deviation rather than the standard error of the mean reveals the following: for the elderly populations with and without a history of syncope the mean reductions were 15±11 and 11±18 mm Hg respectively. Since 95 per cent of the population is in the range of ±2 S.D., the ranges are +7 to -37 mm Hg for the group with a history of syncope and +25 to -47 mm Hg.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1255-1256
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	309
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198311173092017
State	Published - 17 Nov 1983
Externally published	Yes

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