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Elderly adults with masked high blood pressure linked to higher risk of falls
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedMasked high blood pressure in adults older than 78 is associated with a 70% higher risk of falls compared with high blood pressure readings in both the office and at home among peers.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedThe findings were presented as preliminary research at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedAmong 758 adults older than 78, 34.5% had sustained high blood pressure, 17.0% had white coat high blood pressure, 15.4% had masked high blood pressure, and 33.2% had normal blood pressure readings.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated758 adults; 34.5%, 17.0%, 15.4%, 33.2%
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedDuring a median follow-up of nearly one year (350 days), almost 1 in 4 participants (23.4%) self-reported at least one fall in the previous 12 months.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedWhen office and home blood pressure differences were analyzed continuously, lower office blood pressure relative to home blood pressure was associated with a higher incidence of falls.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says the study does not explain why fall risk was higher, but may be relating the finding to blood pressure variability and older adults' ability to regulate blood pressure throughout the day.View evidenceHide evidence
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Detecting the Non-Dipper Phenotype in Adolescents Exposed to Nighttime Screen Use-Digital Chronotoxicity as a Proposed Integrative Framework: A Narrative Review of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, Subclinical Biomarkers, and Emerging Wearable and AI-Based Screening.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Assessment of frailty syndrome with coexisting hypertension and depression among older individuals, aged >80 years of age
Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls · 2022 · Crossref
Blood pressure status, JSH 2019-based control rate, and associated factors among community-dwelling adults: The NOSE study.
2026 · Europe PMC
Association of nocturnal subconjunctival hemorrhage and non-dipper blood pressure pattern: A benign clue for serious diseases.
European Journal of Ophthalmology · 2022 · PubMed
Masked hypertension and cardiac remodeling in middle-aged endurance athletes
Journal of Hypertension · 2015 · Crossref
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