Table 1.

Demographic information across hypertension-history and control groups. Several variables are self-report scales. WAIS measures are age-adjusted scale scores. Where applicable, we present p values (t, chi square, or Fisher’s exact tests) and standard deviations are in parentheses.

	Control Group	Hypertension-History Group	p value
Age	70.69 (5.12)	75.44 (6.12)	.02
Female (%)	44%	56%	.72
Caucasian (%)	87.5%	68.75%	.39
African American (%)	6.25%	31.25%	.17
Native American (%)	6.25%	0.0%	ns
SES (Hollingshead)	2.0 (.97)	3.0 (1.03)	.008
Years of Education	14.94 (2.54)	14.38 (2.78)	.56
Clinical Dementia Rating	0.0	0.0	ns
MMSE	28.88 (1.63)	29.00 (1.41)	.82
WAIS Information	14.00 (2.13)	13.44 (3.14)	.56
WAIS Block Design	13.81 (2.61)	12.81 (2.64)	.29
Body Mass Index	27.34 (6.89)	28.81 (6.43)	.52
Diabetes (%)	0.0%	19%	.23
Alcohol Abuse (%)	0.0%	13%	.48
Previous Seizures (%)	6%	0.0%	ns
Kidney Disease (%)	6%	0.0%	ns

Abbreviations: n.s. = not significant; SES = socioeconomic status; WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Wechsler, 1955); MMSE = mini mental state examination (Folstein, Folstein, & McHugh, 1975).