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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gerontol. 2010 Apr 1;33(2):109–123. doi: 10.1080/07317110903552180

Table 2. Group Comparisons of Treated Hypertensives and Controls.

Control
(n=315)
HTN
(n=185)
F or χ2 P
Variable Mean (Standard Deviation)
Age 70.05 (8.30) 72.04 (7.96) 6.920 .009*
Sex (% male) 44.8 40.0 1.078 .299
Race (% white) 97.0 93.1 4.023 .045*
Income ($US) 65,328 (13,501) 64,376 (13,402) .553 .457
Depression (%yes) 3.5 4.9 .572 .449
Total number prescription meds. 1.04 (1.45) 2.38 (1.41) 102.915 <.001*
Meds. with negative effect (%yes) 9.84 8.10 .419 .517
MANOVA (Wilks’ Lambda = .996) .934 .394
Trails B (seconds) 99.46 (43.57) 105.12 (46.46) - -
Useful Field of View subtest 2 (range 16-500ms) 167.82 (149.68) 176.60 (151.46) - -
*

significant at p < .05