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. 2024 May 29;20(7):4389–4400. doi: 10.1002/alz.13800

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of subjects studied longitudinally (n = 205, with 2 or more LPs).

Normotension (n = 134) Controlled hypertension (n = 36) Uncontrolled hypertension (n = 35) P
Baseline
Age (years) 62.7 ± 9.5 67.4 ± 7.7 * 68.0 ± 8.9 * 0.001
Education (years) 16.8 ± 2.0 17.3 ± 2.1 17.1 ± 2.1 0.50
Sex n (%female) 89 (66%) 18 (50%) 19 (54%) 0.13
Median follow‐up time (years, range) 2.7 (0.6 to 15.6) 2.2 (0.5 to 7.2) 2.7 (0.8 to 9.4) 0.14
APOE ε4 carriers n (%) 43 (32%) 9 (25%) 12 (34%) 0.65
SBP (mmHg) 116.4 ± 10.8 122.3 ± 9.8 147.2 ± 13.9 N/A
DBP (mmHg) 70.0 ± 8.9 72.6 ± 9.3 86.0 ± 10.7 N/A
BMI a 24.8 ± 3.6 28.1 ± 6.9 * 27.5 ± 4.9 * 0.002
Glucose b 79.8 ± 17.0 86.0 ± 15.1 * 84.9 ± 12.7 <0.001
QUICKI c 0.386 ± 0.041 0.351 ± 0.033 * 0.368 ± 0.040 <0.001
Insulin resistance c n (%) 22 (21%) 12 (48%) 11 (41%) 0.009
Diabetes mellitus a n (%) 6 (5%) 4 (11%) 1 (3%) 0.27
Total cholesterol d (mg/dL) 195.8 ± 36.0 179.7 ± 33.2 201.2 ± 38.3 0.03
HDL cholesterol e (mg/dL) 63.9 ± 17.8 56.4 ± 15.5 60.2 ± 17.5 0.09
LDL cholesterol f (mg/dL) 113.5 ± 31.7 100.3 ± 27.4 121.8 ± 31.7 0.01
Triglycerides e (mg/dL) 94.6 ± 51.5 114.8 ± 52.6 106.5 ± 53.7 0.06
Statins g n (%) 30 (23%) 18 (50%) 11 (32%) 0.006
Hypercholesterolemia h n (%) 48 (38%) 22 (61%) 21 (62%) 0.005
Antihypertensive medication n (%) NA 36 (100%) 10 (32%) N/A
Smoking i n (%) 9 (7%) 1 (3%) 4 (12%) 0.31
T‐tau (pg/mL) 286.4 ± 12.3 308.7 ± 23.8 235.1 ± 24.2 0.27
P‐tau 181 (pg/mL) 44.0 ± 1.6 47.1 ± 3.0 38.9 ± 3.1 0.54
42 (pg/mL) 672.3 ± 20.0 669.5 ± 38.4 716.2 ± 39.6 0.29
Follow‐up
T‐tau (pg/mL) 302.6 ± 12.6 337.7 ± 24.6 275.3 ± 24.8 0.66
P‐tau 181 (pg/mL) 47.0 ± 1.4 48.3 ± 2.8 44.5 ± 2.9 0.90
Aβ42 (pg/mL) 683.5 ± 19.6 702.1 ± 37.7 706.4 ± 39.3 0.83
Dementia diagnosis at last visit NL/impaired/ missing n (%) 125/6/3 (93/5/2%) 34/0/2 (94/0/6%) 30/2/3 (86/6/9%) 0.27
Hypertension diagnosis at last visit normotension/controlled/uncontrolled/missing n (%) 106/5/12/11 (79/4/9/8%) 4/25/5/2 (11/69/14/6%) 10/12/10/3 (29/34/29/8%) <0.001

Note: Kruskal‐Wallis ANOVA was used to compare groups for continuous variables (except for age, which was analyzed with ANOVA). Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise specified. For CSF biomarkers we used ANCOVA adjusting for age and presented data as mean ± standard error. p values for T‐tau and P‐tau 181 come from ranked ANCOVA.

Median time was assessed with data restricted at fifth visit.

Abbreviation: APOE, Apolipoprotein E; BMI, Body Mass Index; DBP, Diastolic Blood Pressure; HDL, High Density Lipoprotein; LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein; NL, cognitively normal; NTN, normotensive; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; QUICKI, Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index.

Significant p values are in bold.

a

Data available for 196 subjects (129 normotensive individuals, 36 subjects with controlled hypertension [HTN], and 31 with uncontrolled HTN).

b

Data available for 200 subjects (131 normotensive individuals, 35 subjects with controlled HTN, and 34 with uncontrolled HTN).

c

Data available for 156 subjects (104 normotensive individuals, 25 subjects with controlled HTN, and 27 with uncontrolled HTN).

d

Data available for 195 subjects (127 normotensive individuals, 34 subjects with controlled HTN, and 34 with uncontrolled HTN).

e

Data available for 190 subjects (122 normotensive individuals, 34 subjects with controlled HTN, and 34 with uncontrolled HTN).

f

Data available for 186 subjects (120 normotensive individuals, 34 subjects with controlled HTN, and 32 with uncontrolled HTN).

g

Data available for 201 subjects (131 normotensive individuals, 36 subjects with controlled HTN, and 34 with uncontrolled HTN).

h

Data available for 203 subjects (134 normotensive individuals, 36 subjects with controlled HTN, and 33 with uncontrolled HTN).

i

Data available for 201 subjects (131 normotensive individuals, 36 subjects with controlled HTN, and 34 with uncontrolled HTN).

*

Different from normotensive group at < 0.05 corrected (Bonferroni).

Different from controlled hypertension at < 0.05 corrected.