Clinical Study
Carotid Velocities Determine Cerebral Blood Flow Deficits in Elderly Men with Carotid Stenosis <50%
Table 5
Distribution of cerebral blood flow values in different brain areas in subjects defined as normo- or hyper-tensive at age 68.
| | Regional cerebral blood flow | Definition of blood pressure at age 68 | | Normotensives | Hypertensives | P |
| | Frontal | | | | | R | 81.1 (6.0) | 79.9 (5.9) | ns. | | L | 80.7 (6.1) | 79.4 (5.6) | ns. | | Mesial temporal | | | | | R | 79.5 (4.5) | 79.8 (4.9) | ns. | | L | 78.8 (4.6) | 79.4 (4.8) | ns. | | Lateral temporal | | | | | R | 79.3 (4.5) | 78.2 (4.7) | ns. | | L | 78.7 (5.2) | 77.5 (5.4) | ns. | | Superior parietal | | | | | R | 82.6 (6.9) | 80.8 (7.0) | ns. | | L | 83.8 (8.0) | 82.4 (7.0) | ns. | | Inferior parietal | | | | | R | 81.3 (6.6) | 79.4 (5.9) | ns. | | L | 78.3 (6.8) | 77.7 (6.0) | ns. | | Basal ganglia | | | | | R | 93.3 (6.9) | 92.0 (7.0) | ns. | | L | 91.6 (6.4) | 90.4 (7.4) | ns. | | Subcortical | 64.2 (6.6) | 62.5 (6.6) | ns. |
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ns.: nonsignificant; R: right; L: left.
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