| Autor: |
De-You Chen, Lin Liu, Jian Cao, Jian Li, Bing-Po Zhu, Yu Ding, Hao Wang, Ya-Jing Zhang, Li Fan, Yu-Tang Wang, Xiao-Ying Li |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Gerontology, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 102-105 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1873-9598 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijge.2012.11.008 |
| Popis: |
Background: So far, the prevalence and risk factors for pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnosed by echocardiography in old and very old Chinese patients have not been reported. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and potential risk factors for PH diagnosed by echocardiography in old and very old hospitalized patients. Methods: One thousand and ninety-three hospitalized patients (80.76 ± 9.77 years) were examined by Doppler echocardiography for evaluating PH. PH was defined by pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) ≥40 mmHg. Results: One hundred and fifteen patients (10.5%) of the old and very old patients were diagnosed with PH. The prevalence of PH in patients who were 85 years old or older was 16.4%, which was higher than other age groups. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis (forward stepwise procedure), age [odds ratio (OR) = 1.087, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.053–1.122, p |
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