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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2016 Jan 11;67(3):513–519. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06610

Table 2.

Characteristics of the outcome measures.

Measure Whole sample Men Women
Neuropsychological Outcomes
        Processing Speed/Executive Function
        Trails A, median (Q1, Q3) 0.38 (0.32, 0.47) 0.40 (0.33, 0.48) 0.38 (0.32, 0.47)
        Trails B, median (Q1, Q3) 0.93 (0.75, 1.17) 0.97 (0.78, 1.25) 0.90 (0.73, 1.12)
        Trials B-A, median (Q1, Q3) 0.53 (0.38, 0.72) 0.57 (0.40, 0.78) 0.52 (0.37, 0.67)
        Stroop interference 197.6 (57.0) 195.2 (54.6) 199.6 (58.8)
        Long Term Storage and Retrieval
        Logical memory delayed 11.57 (3.76) 10.74 (3.65) 12.31 (3.71)
        Visual Processing
        Visual reproductions delayed 8.90 (2.61) 8.98 (2.62) 8.82 (2.59)
        Hooper VOT, median (Q1, Q3) 27.00 (25.50, 28.00) 27.00 (25.50, 28.50) 26.50 (25.50, 28.00)
        Working Memory
        Digit span forward 6.90 (1.26) 7.01 (1.26) 6.80 (1.26)
        Digit span backwards 5.14 (1.30) 5.20 (1.35) 5.10 (1.26)
        MRI outcomes
        TBV, % 88.58 (2.64) 88.95 (2.62) 88.26 (2.63)
        Lateral ventricular volume, % 1.16 (0.78) 1.26 (0.83) 1.07 (0.73)
        Lacunes, n (%) 63 (3.2) 32 (3.4) 31 (2.9)
        WMHV, %, median (Q1, Q3) 0.0003 (0.0002, 0.0007) 0.0003 (0.0002, 0.0006) 0.0003 (0.0002, 0.0007)

Notes. Data are displayed as mean (SD), unless specified otherwise. Q = quartile; TBV = total brain volume; VOT = visual organization test; WMHV = white matter hyperintensity volume.