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Relationship of race/ethnicity and blood pressure to change in cognitive function
Author(s)Arline D Bohannon, Gerda G Fillenbaum, Carl F Pieper
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 3, March 2002
Pagespp 424-429
KeywordsBlack people ; White people ; Blood pressure ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
AnnotationLongitudinal data for 1986/87 and 1989/90 on 2,260 African Americans and 1,876 whites from the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE), aged 65 to 105 at baseline, were used. While a relationship was found between systolic (but not diastolic) blood pressure levels and change in Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) over a 3-year period in older white men and women, no such relationship was found for older African Americans. There were no significant interactions between race and blood pressure on change in cognitive function. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020520511 A
ClassmarkTKE: TKA: BKL: F: 49: 3J: 7T

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