Abstract
Heart rate and blood pressure were studied with the beat-to-beat tracking cuff system in two groups (n = 20 per group) of healthy, unmedicated males, one between 60 and 75 years of age and the second between 18 and 29 years of age. The study confirms the previously reported blunted heart rate response to standing and the fact that, when blood pressure is recorded by conventional means, the response exhibited during orthostasis does not differ in healthy groups of young and elderly subjects. With the tracking cuff system, however, the elderly exhibited a smaller immediate systolic and diastolic drop in response to the change to upright posture and less variability in beat-to-beat blood pressure changes. The results have implications for cardiovascular studies, where age and posture can influence both blood pressure and heart rate.
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