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Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2021;82(2):689–699. doi: 10.3233/JAD-210252

Table 2.

Cross-sectional association of blood pressure with cognitive performance adjusted by demographic information (N = 1,215)

	Cognitive Domains (Beta 95% CI, per 10 mm Hg)
	Episodic memory	Word fluency/Semantic memory	Processing speed/VMI	Executive function
Blood pressure parameters	β	β	β	β
SBP	0.0058 (−0.0221; 0.0336)	−0.0483 (−0.0746; −0.0220)^***	−0.0464 (−0.0733; −0.0195)^***	−0.0417 (−0.0691; −0.0141)^**
DBP	0.0283 (−0.0213; −0.0779)	−0.0454 (−0.0926; 0.0018)	−0.0141 (−0.0626; 0.0343)	0.0119 (−0.0377; 0.0615)
PP	−0.0044 (−0.0375; 0.0287)	−0.0480 (−0.0793; −0.0168) ^**	−0.0592 (−0.0911; −0.0273)^***	−0.0638 (−0.0963; −0.0312)^***

p≤0.05

^**

p≤0.01

^***

p≤0.001

SBP, systolic blood pressure, DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure. The models are adjusted for age, education, sex, race-ethnicity, and APOE genotype.