Table 3.

Adjusted Mean rCBF in 10 Volumes of Interest in Normotensive and Hypertensive Subjects

Region	Hypertensive	Normotensive	P Value
Left anterior cingulate gyrus	25.5±8.6	52.4±13.9	<0.001
Left superior frontal	25.3±5.6	42.6±10.4	0.001
Right inferior frontal	22.2±7.3	42.0±9.6	0.01
Right putamen and globus pallidus	23.1±7.3	42.6±12.6	0.002
Left inferior frontal, putamen, and globus pallidus	25.0±7.0	44.0±9.6	0.01
Right anterior cingulate gyrus	21.0±5.6	42.9±11.7	0.01
Left posterior cingulate and medial precuneus	36.6±12.8	60.7±11.0	0.008
Left superior temporal	22.1±8.8	46.9±9.2	0.006
Left orbitofrontal	27.5±10.1	39.9±10.0	0.03
Left middle temporal	21.0±9.0	45.3±13.2	0.006
Left middle hippocampus	30.0±11.9	51.8±12.0	.004

^*Adjusted for age, gender, race, heart disease, antihypertensive medication, and white lesions grade >3.

^†rCBF levels are expressed in millimeters per 100 g per minute (mL/100 g/min).