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In frail elderly, higher blood pressures associated with increased survival. |
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EurekAlert: Among the faster walkers, those with high blood pressure had a 35 percent greater risk of dying compared with those with normal blood pressure. In contrast, there was no association between high blood pressure and mortality in the slow walking group. Strikingly, those who were unable to complete the walking test had the opposite results – those with higher blood pressure had a 62 percent lower mortality rate.
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