Table 1.

Sample descriptive

	Mean	Range
Age	75.6	65–87
Education (years)	15.5	8–20
Verbal IQ	121.2	89–132
Socioeconomic status	30.8	11–69
Systolic BP	141.9	109–170, N = 50
Diastolic BP	76.2	55–104, N = 50

Sample descriptive. Verbal IQ was based on the American National Reading Test [Ryan and Paolo, 1992]. Socioeconomic status was rated on a scale from 11 to 77 with lower scores indicating a higher status [Hollingshead, 1957].