Effects of Aging on Blood Pressure Variability in Resting Conditions

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 120 - 130
• Main Authors: Veerman, Derk P, Imholz, Ben P.M, Wieling, Wouter, Karemaker, John M, van Montfrans, Gert A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Heart Association, Inc 01.07.1994; Hagerstown, MD Lippincott
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure; Child; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hemodynamics. Rheology; Humans; Male; Pressoreceptors - physiology; Pulse; Reflex; Vertebrates: cardiovascular system; Human; Senescence; Autonomic nervous system; Variability; Nervous system; Arterial pressure; Hemodynamics; Age; Sympathic nervous system

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of aging on beat-to-beat blood pressure and pulse interval variability in resting conditions and to determine the effect of aging on the sympathetic and vagal influence on the cardiovascular system by power spectral analysis of blood pressure a...