Association of Blood Pressure and Cognition after Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

It is unclear whether blood pressure (BP) is associated with cognition after stroke. We examined associations between systolic and diastolic BP (SBP, DBP), pulse pressure (PP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and cognition, each measured 90 days after stroke.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis of prospectively obtained data of 432 dementia-free subjects greater than or equal to 45 (median age, 66; 45% female) with stroke (92% ischemic; median NIH stroke score, 3 [IQR, 2-6]) from the population-based Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project in 2011-2013.

Primary outcome

Modified Mini-Mental Status Examination (3MSE; range, 0-100).

Secondary outcomes

Animal Fluency Test (AFT; range, 0-10) and Trail Making Tests A and B (number of

SUBMITTER: Levine DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934908 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature