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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2017 May;35(5):1019–1025. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001265

Table 1.

Patient characteristics in those with and without orthostatic hypotension.

Characteristic SBP criteria DBP criteria

OH No OH OH No OH

n = 354 n = 477 n = 305 n = 517

Mean (SD) or n (% total)
Demographics
Age 63 (16) 39 (49) 59 (60) 43 (18)
Female gender 160 (19) 361 (43) 130 (16) 384 (47)
Patient diagnoses
Healthy subjects 2 (0) 45 (5) 2 (0) 45 (5)
Hypertension 3 (0) 21 (2) 1 (0) 23 (3)
Vasovagal syncope 17 (2) 68 (8) 11 (1) 74 (9)
Postural tachycardia syndrome 0 (0) 192 (23) 0 (0) 191 (23)
Orthostatic intolerance 20 (2) 43 (5) 23 (3) 40 (4)
Multiple system atrophy 87 (10) 10 (1) 77 (9) 17 (2)
Pure autonomic failure 81 (10) 7 (1) 71 (9) 17 (2)
Parkinson’s disease 43 (5) 11 (1) 37 (5) 17 (2)
Hyperadrenergic OH 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
Nonspecific OH 62 (7) 41 (5) 51 (6) 47 (5)
Autonomic neuropathy 18 (2) 6 (1) 15 (2) 9 (1)
Baroreflex failure 8 (1) 15 (2) 5 (1) 18 (2)
Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency 8 (1) 0 (0) 8 (1) 0 (0)
Mast cell activation disorder 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0)
Progressive supranuclear palsy 2 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0)
Progressive cerebellar dysfunction 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)
Autoimmune autonomic failure 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
Sjogren’s sydrome 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)
Inappropriate sinus tachycardia 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0)
Palpitations 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0)
Multiple sclerosis 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
Postprandial hypotension 0 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0)
Pseudopheochromocytoma 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)
Deconditioning 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)

Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; OH, orthostatic hypotension; SD, standard deviation.