PMID- 22257037
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120313
LR  - 20120119
IS  - 1742-1241 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-5031 (Linking)
VI  - 66
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - Time for considering other blood pressure target values in elderly patients with 
      type 2 diabetes?
PG  - 125-7
LID - 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02841.x [doi]
AB  - Although blood pressure control has undoubtedly proven its benefits in reducing 
      the high cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), it 
      still remains unclear whether intensive antihypertensive treatment in old age (> 
      75 years) is beneficial. Many of the current guidelines recommend a systolic 
      blood pressure (SBP) < 140 mmHg or lower, unless patients are at high risk for 
      possible adverse events such as postural hypotension (1,2). This perspective aims 
      to get a discussion started on the appropriate target SBP value for patients with 
      T2DM aged older than 75 years.We would like to propose the less stringent value 
      of< 160 mmHg in this specific population.
FAU - van Hateren, K J J
AU  - van Hateren KJ
AD  - Diabetes Centre, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands. 
      k.j.j.van.hateren@isala.nl
FAU - Landman, G W D
AU  - Landman GW
FAU - Kleefstra, N
AU  - Kleefstra N
FAU - Houweling, S T
AU  - Houweling ST
FAU - van der Meer, K
AU  - van der Meer K
FAU - Bilo, H J G
AU  - Bilo HJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Int J Clin Pract
JT  - International journal of clinical practice
JID - 9712381
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Blood Pressure/*physiology
MH  - Blood Pressure Determination
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/mortality/*physiopathology
MH  - Diabetic Angiopathies/diagnosis/mortality/*physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*diagnosis/mortality/physiopathology/prevention & control
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reference Values
EDAT- 2012/01/20 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/14 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/20 06:00
PHST- 2012/01/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02841.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Feb;66(2):125-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02841.x.