Exploring the Within-Person Coupling of Blood Pressure and Cognition in Elders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12444339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alyssa Gamaldo (North Carolina State University, corresponding author), A A Gamaldo, Sarah R Weatherbee (North Carolina State University), Jason C Allaire (0000-0002-2632-5546, North Carolina State University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | P386-P389 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journals of Gerontology Series B (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1079-5014 • E-ISSN: 1758-5368 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/geronb/63.6.p386 |
| PMID | 19092042 |
| OpenAlex | W2124292127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
In this study, we examined the relationship between within-person blood pressure and cognitive functioning. We conducted an analysis on 36 community-dwelling elderly individuals (age range = 60-87 years). Participants measured their blood pressure and completed cognitive tasks (i.e., the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Task, the Letter Series test, and the Number Comparison test) twice a day over 60 consecutive days. We observed a significant interaction between within-person change in blood pressure and average blood pressure for the Letter Series test. Individuals with high blood pressure tended to perform poorly, particularly on occasions when their blood pressure level was above their personal average. These results demonstrate that the relationship between blood pressure and cognition at the between-person level and the relationship within each individual should be further explored simultaneously
Audiology · Blood pressure · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |