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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2022 Jun 10;40(7):1359–1368. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003151

Table 2.

Post-treatment levels of vascular and cerebrovascular function. Values for cognitive performance are presented as mean rank scores across subtests. Cognitive function scores are presented as model adjusted, mean rank scores within each outcome domain. Data for both baseline and posttreatment estimates were derived from the full, fitted regression models and may therefore differ slightly from raw values provided in Table 1.

Outcome Measure
(Primary / Secondary)
C-LIFE SEPA
Baseline Post-Treatment Baseline Post-Treatment
Executive Function / Learning, mean rank score (Primary)* 64.2 (60.5, 67.8) 66.8 (64.2, 69.4) 65.1 (60.3, 70.0) 62.6 (58.6, 66.6)
Memory, mean rank score (Secondary) 63.9 (58.6, 69.3) 66.3 (62.5, 70.0) 66.1 (58.8, 73.3) 65.5 (59.7, 71.2)
Processing Speed, mean rank score (Secondary) 65.8 (60.8, 70.8) 66.0 (63.9, 68.2) 63.2 (56.4, 70.0) 66.7 (63.4, 70.0)
Vascular and Microvascular Function
Flow Mediated Dilation, % (Primary)* 2.0 (1.5, 2.5) 2.7 (2.1, 3.2) 2.1 (1.5, 2.8) 1.7 (0.8, 2.6)
Microvascular Flow (Secondary)** 233 (195, 270) 359 (320, 398) 279 (228, 330) 234 (174, 294)
Cerebrovascular Function
TOI, % Oxygenation Change (Primary) 1.68 (1.42, 1.94) 1.44 (1.25, 1.64) 1.64 (1.29, 2.00) 1.64 (1.35, 1.93)
O2-Hb (Primary) 1.04 (0.88, 1.21) 0.80 (0.66, 0.94) 1.05 (0.82, 1.27) 0.91 (0.71, 1.10)
Framingham Stroke Risk Profile* 10.1 (9.6, 10.5) 8.3 (8.0, 8.7) 10.4 (9.8, 11.0) 9.0 (8.5, 9.5)
Subjective Cognitive Complaints
Attention / Executive Function (Secondary)* 1.91 (1.77, 2.04) 1.88 (1.77, 1.99) 1.84 (1.66, 2.01) 2.04 (1.89, 2.19)
Psychomotor Praxis (Secondary)* 1.34 (1.91, 1.48) 1.41 (1.31, 1.50) 1.48 (1.30, 1.66) 1.56 (1.43, 1.69)
Memory (Secondary) 2.05 (1.91, 2.19) 2.02 (1.92, 2.12) 2.00 (1.82, 2.17) 2.15 (2.01, 2.28)
*

P<.05 for adjusted, post-treatment comparisons of C-LIFE and SEPA

**

P < .01 for adjusted, post-treatment comparisons of C-LIFE and SEPA.

TOI = tissue oxygenation index from functional near infrared spectroscopy assessments; O2-Hb = oxygenated hemoglobin from functional near infrared spectroscopy assessments.