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We aimed to evaluate the prognostic importance of 24 h BP, BP variability, and arterial stiffness in a cohort of very elderly patients admitted to the hospital due to a decompensated chronic disease. We studied 249 patients older than 80 (66% women; 60% congestive heart failure). Noninvasive 24 h monitoring was used to determine 24 h brachial and central BP, BP and heart rate variabilities, aortic pulse wave velocity, and BP variability ratios during admission. The primary outcome was 1-year mortality. Aortic pulse wave velocity (3.3 times for each SD increase) and BP variability ratio (31% for each SD increase) were associated with 1-year mortality, after adjustments for clinical confounders. Increased systolic BP variability (38% increase for each SD change) and reduced heart rate variability (32% increase for each SD change) also predicted 1-year mortality. In conclusion, increased aortic stiffness and BP and heart rate variabilities predict 1-year mortality in very elderly patients with decompensated chronic conditions. Measurements of such estimates could be useful in the prognostic evaluation of this specific population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12041510","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,15]],"date-time":"2023-02-15T01:38:18Z","timestamp":1676425098000},"page":"1510","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Pulse Wave Velocity and Blood Pressure Variability as Prognostic Indicators in Very Elderly Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6548-5497","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"de la Sierra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital M\u00fatua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, 08221 Terrassa, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6870-4886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina","family":"Sierra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Cl\u00ednic, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marcos","family":"Murillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emergency Department, Hospital M\u00fatua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, 08221 Terrassa, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tomasso F.","family":"Aiello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital M\u00fatua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, 08221 Terrassa, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aina","family":"Mateu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital M\u00fatua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, 08221 Terrassa, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Almagro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital M\u00fatua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, 08221 Terrassa, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1903","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(02)11911-8","article-title":"Prospective Studies Collaboration. 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