Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in older persons

  • Review Article
  • Published:
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Statistics of the United States, 1987, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A and B, DHHS Pub. Nos. (PHS) 89-1102 and 90-1101. Public Health Service. Washington Government Printing Office, 1989 and 1990.

    Google Scholar 

  2. National Center for Health Statistics, Havlik R. J., Liu B.M., Kovar M.G.: Health Statistics on Older Persons, United States, 1986. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 3, No. 25, DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 87-1409. Public Health Service, Washington. Government Printing Office, 1987.

  3. Working Group on Hypertension in the Elderly: Statement on hypertension in the elderly. JAMA 256: 70–74, 1986.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Amery A., Birkenhager W., Brixko P., et al.: Mortality and morbidity results from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly Trial. Lancet I: 1349–1354, 1985.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Kannel W., Vokonas P.S.: Primary risk factors for coronary heart disease in the elderly: the Framingham Study. In: Wenger N.K., Furberg C.D., Pitt C. (Eds.): Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly: Working Conference on the Recognition and Management of Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly. Elsevier, New York, 1986.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Ostfeld A.M.: A review of stroke epidemiology. Epidemiol Rev. 2: 136–152, 1980.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Kannel W.B.: Risk factors in hypertension. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 13 (Suppl. 1): S4–S10, 1989.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Build Study, 1979. Chicago, Society of Actuaries and the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America, 1980.

  9. Garland C., Barrett-Connor E., Suarez L., Criqui M.H.: Isolated systolic hypertension and mortality after age 60 years: A prospective population-based study. Am. J. Epidemiol 118: 365–376, 1983.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Branch L.G., Jette A.M.: Personal health practices and mortality among the elderly. Am. J. Public Health 74: 1126–1129, 1984.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Siegel D., Kuller L., Lazarus N.B., Black D., Feigal D., Hughes G., Schoenberger J.A., Hulley S.B.: Predictors of cardiovascular events and mortality in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly pilot project. Am. J. Epidemiol 126: 385–399, 1987.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Jajick C.L., Ostfeld A.M., Freeman D.H. Jr.: Smoking and coronary heart disease mortality in the elderly. JAMA 252: 2831–2834,1984.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Bush T.L., Van Oyen H., Miller S.R., Maggi S., Hale W.: Smoking as a risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular (CVD) death in healthy elderly persons: a prospective study. Am. J. Epidemiol 130: 801, 1989 (abstract).

    Google Scholar 

  14. Barrett-Connor E., Suarez L., Khaw K.T., Criqui M.H., Wingard D.L.: Ischemic heart disease risk factors after age 50. J. Chronic Dis. 37: 903–908, 1984.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Bush T.L., Knoke J., Criqui M., Kritchevsky S.: Total and LDL cholesterol as predictors of CHD death in elderly men: the Lipid Research Clinics’ (LRC) Program Follow-up Study. CVD Epidemiol Newslett. 43: 22, 1988.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Paffenbarger R.S.: Physical activity, all-cause mortality, and longevity of college alumni. N. Engl J. Med. 314: 605–608, 1986.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Kaplan G.A., Seeman T.E., Cohen R.D., Knudsen L.P., Guralnik J.: Mortality among the elderly in the Alameda County Study: Behavioral and demographic risk factors. Am. J. Public Health 77: 307–312, 1987.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Bush T.L.: The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 592: 263–271, 1990.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. LaCroix A.Z., Guralnik J.M., Curb J.D., Wallace R.B, Ostfeld A.M., Hennekens C.H.: Chest pain and coronary heart disease mortality among older men and women in three communities. Circulation 81: 437–446, 1990.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. 1988 Joint National Committee: The 1988 report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Arch. Intern, Med. 148: 1023–1038, 1988.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. 1989 Guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: memorandum from a WHO/isolated systolic hypertension meeting. J. Hypertens. 7: 689–693, 1989.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Tjoa H.I., Kaplan N.M.: Treatment of hypertension in the elderly. JAMA 264: 1015–1018, 1990.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Stuart E.M., Decjri J.P., Mamish M.E., Friedman R., Benson H.: Non-pharmacologic treatment of the elderly hypertensive patient. Circulation 80 (Suppl. II): 189, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Schulman S.P., Weiss J.L., Becker L.C., Gottlieb S.O., Woodruff K.M., Weisfeldt M.D., Gerstenblith G.: The effects of antihypertensive therapy on left ventricular mass in elderly patients. N. Engl J Med 322: 1350–1356, 1990.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Hulley S.B., Furberg C.D., Gurland B., McDonald R., Perry H.M., Schnaper H.W., Schoenberger J.A., McFate Smith W., Vogt T.M.: Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP): antihypertensive efficacy of chlorthalidone. Am. J. Cardiol. 56: 913–920, 1985.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Trudy L. Bush M.D.

Authors
  1. Trudy L. Bush M.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bush, T.L. The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in older persons. Aging Clin Exp Res 3, 3–8 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03323965

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03323965

Keywords

Search

Navigation