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Table 2 Influence of systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure on falls in women and men aged 60 years and older in the VHM&PP cohort

From: Blood pressure and falls in community-dwelling people aged 60 years and older in the VHM&PP cohort

 

Women

Men

 

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

 

Model 1*

Model 2†

Model 1*

Model 2†

Systolic blood pressure

 Increase of 10 mmHg

0.92 (0.85-1.00)

0.91 (0.84-0.98)

0.92 (0.81-1.03)

0.91 (0.81-1.03)

 Dichotomous (mmHg)

    

  <140

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  ≥140

0.76 (0.55-1.06)

0.71 (0.51-0.99)

0.73 (0.45-1.18)

0.71 (0.44-1.16)

Categorical (mmHg)

  <120

1.19 (0.58-2.45)

1.09 (0.52-2.26)

2.55 (1.14-5.71)

2.46 (1.10-5.54)

  120-<140

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  140-<160

0.83 (0.57-1.21)

0.76 (0.52-1.11)

0.90 (0.49-1.64)

0.87 (0.48-1.59)

  160-<180

0.75 (0.47-1.19)

0.68 (0.42-1.09)

0.96 (0.50-1.84) ‡

0.93 (0.48-1.80) ‡

  ≥180

0.67 (0.35-1.26)

0.60 (0.32-1.15)

  

Diastolic blood pressure

 Increase of 5 mmHg

0.91 (0.84-0.99)

0.92 (0.85-0.99)

0.93 (0.82-1.05)

0.93 (0.82-1.05)

 Dichotomous (mmHg)

    

  <90

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  ≥90

0.63 (0.44-0.90)

0.62 (0.43-0.89)

0.90 (0.53-1.51)

0.90 (0.53-1.51)

 Categorical (mmHg)

    

  <80

0.93 (0.62-1.38)

0.90 (0.61-1.35)

1.76 (1.02-3.05)

1.77 (1.02-3.07)

  80-<90

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  90-<100

0.66 (0.43-1.00)

0.65 (0.42-0.99)

1.08 (0.62-1.91) #

1.09 (0.62-1.91)#

  ≥100

0.52 (0.27-0.99)

0.50 (0.26-0.96)

  

Mean arterial pressure

 Increase of 10 mmHg

0.84 (0.74-0.97)

0.83 (0.73-0.96)

0.86 (0.70-1.05)

0.85 (0.69-1.05)

  1. * Model 1: adjusted for age.
  2. † Model 2: adjusted for age, subjective feeling of illness and number of medical conditions.
  3. ‡ Systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg.
  4. # Diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg.