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Table III.

SBP Change and Cognitive Functioning at Follow‐Up (Standardized β Coefficients)

Dependent	MMSE at Follow‐Up	Verbal Fluency at Follow‐Up		Memory at Follow‐Up
Predictors	MMSE at Follow‐Up	Letter b	Letter z	Memory at Follow‐Up
Education	0.30^a	0.36^a	0.22^a	−0.04
Economic state	0.21^b	0.16^b	0.16^b	0.13^c
Cognitive score at baseline	0.25^a	0.08	0.22^a	0.05
SBP change
Large increase	0.14^c	0.08	0.02	0.04
Mild increase	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.07
Decline	0.13^c	0.14^c	0.16^c	0.14^c
No change	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
R ²	0.34^a	0.20^a	0.22^a	0.09^c

Abbreviations: MMSE, Mini‐Mental State Examination; SBP, systolic blood pressure. ^a P<.001. ^b P<.01. ^c P<.05. Models are linear least‐squares regression models. Outcome variables are cognitive functioning at follow‐up. Cognitive score at baseline are the respective scores attained at the first evaluation.