Longitudinal Analysis of Hypertension Stages and Pulse Pressure Tertiles on Cognitive Decline.

<p>Reference group for HTN: control group (SBP≤139 mmHg); for PP: pulse pressure lower tertile (48–68 mmHg).</p><p>HTN I = Hypertension I (SBP 140–159 mmHg); HTN II = Hypertension II (SBP≥160); PP middle tertile = Pulse pressure 71–77 mmHg, and PP upper tertile = Pulse pressure 84–108 mmHg.</p><p>Model 1: age, race, education.</p><p>Model 2: age, race, education, history of high blood pressure, stroke, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, peripheral artery disease, diabetes mellitus, angina; history of smoking, BMI, ever on hypertensive medication, glucose, cholesterol, and depression score.</p><p>Note: All Trails B models adjust for Trails A performance.</p><p>MMSE = Mini Mental State Exam; TMT, Part A = Trail Making Test, Part A; TMT, Part B = Trail Making Test, Part B; HVLT = Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT-I = immediate recall; HVLT-D = delayed recall);</p><p>*p-value<0.05.</p><p>**p-value<0.01.