AGEING AND BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION: DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR ANGIOTENSIN, BLOOD PRESSURE, ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND ALDOSTERONE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS OF VARYING AGES

Effect of age and gender on sudomotor an

Effect of age and gender on sudomotor and cardiovagal function and blood pressure response to tilt in normal subjects

✍ Phillip A. Low; Jong-Chyou Denq; Tonette L. Opfer-Gehrking; Peter J. Dyck; Peter 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 106 KB 👁 2 views

Normative data are limited on autonomic function tests, especially beyond age 60 years. We therefore evaluated these tests in a total of 557 normal subjects evenly distributed by age and gender from 10 to 83 years. Heart rate (HR) response to deep breathing fell with increasing age. Valsalva ratio v