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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2018 Jan 29;71(3):429–436. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10289

Table 1.

Cognitive function tests used in the present study.

Test Cognitive area measured Description
CASI Global cognitive function 25 items testing attention, concentration, orientation, short-term memory; long-term memory, language, visual construction, verbal fluency and abstraction/judgment
DSC Processing speed measuring how quickly simple perceptual or mental operations can be performed
Digit span Working memory administered in two parts requiring the participant to repeat gradually increasing spans of numbers (e.g., 2-7-4) first forwards and then backwards

CASI: Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument, DSC: Digit Symbol Coding,