Why the study?
Does lowered cognitive performance mediate the relationship between elevated blood pressure and physical disability in a community-based sample?
Does lowered cognitive performance mediate the relationship between elevated blood pressure and physical disability in a community-based sample?
Lowered cognitive performance mediates the relationship between elevated blood pressure and physical disability, highlighting a potential pathway through which hypertension impacts functional independence.
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Suggests cognitive mediation of BP effects on physical ability in cohort data; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Elias et al. (2010) studied this question.
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