Measurement-to-measurement blood pressure variability is related to cognitive performance: the Maine Syracuse study.

ABSTRACT: The objective was to investigate the association between variability in blood pressure (BP) and cognitive function for sitting, standing, and reclining BP values and variability derived from all 15 measures. In previous studies, only sitting BP values have been examined, and only a few cognitive measures have been used. A secondary objective was to examine associations between BP variability and cognitive performance in hypertensive individuals stratified by treatment success. Cross-sectional analyses were performed on 972 participants of the Maine Syracuse Study for whom 15 serial BP clinic measures (5 sitting, 5 recumbent, and 5 standing) were obtained before testing of cognitive performance. Using all 15 measures, higher variability in systolic and diastolic BP was associated with poore

SUBMITTER: Crichton GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4192088 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature