International Journal of Angiology, Table of Contents Int J Angiol 1993; 2(2): 102-104DOI: 10.1007/BF02651567 Original Articles© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkIsolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: Results of the camerano study on hypertensionRoberto Antonicelli, Rosaria Gesuita, Loredana Amadio, Enrico Paciaroni Centro di Patalogia Cardiovascolare ed Ipertensione Arteriosa and the *Centro Studi di Demografia e Statistica, Istituto INRCA (Italian National Research Center on Aging) Ancona, Italy Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract In a cross-sectional study, carried out on a population of a small Italian town, the authors examined the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension in two age groups. One included subjects whose ages ranged between sixty-five and seventy-four years and the second, subjects seventy-five years-old or older. There was no significant difference between the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension in the two groups, ie, 14.7% and 18.9%, respectively. PDF (259 kb)
