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Is suboptimal home-measured blood pressure correlated with early cognitive impairment in patients with treated hypertension?
Is suboptimal home-measured blood pressure correlated with early cognitive impairment in patients with treated hypertension?
Suboptimal home-measured blood pressure is correlated with early cognitive impairment in treated hypertensive patients, highlighting the potential utility of cognitive screening in this population.
May support cognitive screening in treated hypertensives with suboptimal home BP; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
AIM: We aim to analyze if there is any correlation between suboptimal home-/self-measured blood pressure values and the results from neuropsychological screening tests for early cognitive impairment. METHODS: We studied 325 patients with treated hypertension. Mean age was 66.12 (±10.1) years. There were 119 (36.6%) male and 206 (63.4%) female patients, among them 52 (16%) with atrial fibrillation. Neuropsychological tests performed were the Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Hachinski Ischemic Score; additionally, home-measured blood pressure was used. RESULTS: There is a nonlinear age- and risk factor-dependent correlation between early stages of cognitive impairment and suboptimal home-measured blood pressure. CONCLUSION: The use of specific and sensitive neuropsychological tests for early cognitive impairment in patients with suboptimal home-measured blood pressure is effective in the everyday practice.
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