Table 2.
Crude 5 year all cause mortality among 835 participants aged 85 and older by systolic blood pressure and among 830 participants aged 85 and older by diastolic blood pressure. Diastolic pressure could not be measured in five participants. Values are numbers (percentages; 95% confidence intervals)
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | All participants
|
Participants not using antihypertensive drugs
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | 5 year mortality | No | 5 year mortality | ||
| Systolic: | |||||
| 90-120 | 112 | 95 (85; 78 to 91) | 57 | 46 (81; 70 to 90) | |
| 125-140 | 222 | 166 (75; 69 to 80) | 121 | 84 (69; 61 to 77) | |
| 145-160 | 241 | 147 (61; 55 to 67) | 134 | 78 (58; 50 to 66) | |
| 165-180 | 153 | 98 (64; 56 to 71) | 88 | 51 (58; 48 to 68) | |
| 185-200 | 85 | 59 (69; 59 to 79) | 43 | 28 (65; 50 to 78) | |
| >200 | 22 | 13 (59; 38 to 78) | 12 | 7 (58; 31 to 83) | |
| Diastolic: | |||||
| 50-60 | 59 | 52 (88; 79 to 95) | 27 | 23 (85; 70 to 96) | |
| 65-70 | 124 | 92 (74; 66 to 81) | 72 | 53 (74; 63 to 83) | |
| 75-80 | 251 | 172 (69; 63 to 74) | 132 | 86 (65; 57 to 73) | |
| 85-90 | 224 | 148 (66; 60 to 72) | 124 | 76 (61; 53 to 70) | |
| 95-100 | 126 | 82 (65; 57 to 73) | 72 | 42 (58; 47 to 69) | |
| 105-140 | 46 | 27 (59; 44 to 72) | 26 | 12 (46; 28 to 65) | |