Table 4.

Adjusted Odds^a of Categorically Defined Poor Performance by Blood Pressure and Hypertension Status for Men and Women Before and After Stratification for Age

		SBPb		DBPb		Pulse Pressureb		Hypertension
Men		OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
MMSE	≤24 (% yes) All	0.99	0.93-1.06	1.01	0.88-1.15	0.98	0.91-1.06	1.08	0.54-2.14
	<80 years	1.09	0.96-1.24	0.99	0.77-1.28	1.13	0.97-1.32	1.56	0.46-5.25
	≥80 years	0.99	0.92-1.06	1.01	0.86-1.18	0.98	0.90-1.07	0.85	0.37-1.96
Trails B	≥132 (% yes) All	1.03	0.98-1.08	1.05	0.95-1.16	1.02	0.96-1.08	1.34	0.80-2.24
	<80 years	1.06	0.99-1.13	0.99	0.87-1.13	1.09*	1.01-1.18	1.65	0.89-3.04
	≥80 years	1.06	0.99-1.14	1.06	0.91-1.23	1.07	0.98-1.16	1.31	0.55-3.12
Verbal fluency	≤12 (% yes) All	1.10**	1.03-1.16	1.15*	1.01-1.30	1.09*	1.02-1.18	1.97*	1.01-3.85
	<80 yearsc	1.27**	1.12-1.43	1.40**	1.10-1.79	1.25**	1.07-1.45	2.16	0.75-6.22
	≥80 years	1.06	0.99-1.14	1.12	0.98-1.28	1.07	0.99-1.16	1.92	0.81-4.54
Women
MMSE	≤24 (% yes) All	1.01	0.94-1.08	1.08	0.93-1.25	0.99	0.91-1.07	0.98	0.48-2.01
	<80 years	1.07	0.96-1.18	0.97	0.75-1.26	1.11	0.98-1.26	1.92	0.51-7.26
	≥80 years	1.01	0.93-1.09	1.14	0.95-1.37	0.97	0.88-1.07	0.88	0.37-2.07
Trails B	≥132 (% yes) All	1.04*	1.01-1.08	1.05	0.97-1.13	1.05*	1.02-1.10	1.51*	1.01-2.26
	<80 years	1.13**	1.09-1.18	1.04	0.95-1.14	1.19**	1.13-1.25	2.75**	1.77-4.27
	≥80 years	0.99	0.92-1.05	1.00	0.86-1.16	0.98	0.91-1.06	1.36	0.63-2.94
Verbal fluency	≤12 (% yes) All	1.01	0.97-1.06	1.01	0.91-1.12	1.02	0.96-1.08	0.92	0.55-1.56
	<80 years	1.08**	1.02-1.14	0.98	0.85-1.13	1.12**	1.05-1.20	1.33	0.67-2.66
	≥80 years	1.02	0.96-1.09	1.01	0.87-1.16	1.03	0.95-1.11	1.27	0.58-2.77

DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MMSE, mini-mental status exam; SBP, systolic blood pressure;

^*P≤0.05,

^**P≤0.01;

^aResults of logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, education, body mass index, current estrogen use (women only) and blood pressure medication use;

^bOdds ratio calculated per 5 units of change in systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse pressure