Influence of Hypertension on Neurocognitive Domains in Nondemented Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Figure 2
Executive and verbal memory composite scores in four blood pressure groups; hypertensive, hypotension, cooccurring hypertension and hypotension (both), and normotensive (none). Figure depicts mean composite Z-scores for executive function and delayed verbal memory across each of the blood pressure groups. For executive function, Parkinson’s patients with hypertension alone (X = −0.781, SD = 0.769) performed significantly worse than those with hypotension alone (X = −0.321, SD = 0.769, t = −2.87, ), combined hypertension-hypotension (X = −0.437, SD = 0.739, t = −2.50, ), and normotensive/none (X = −0.495, SD = 0.898, t = −2.21, ). For delayed verbal memory, Parkinson’s patients with hypertension alone (X = −0.633, SD = 1.068) performed significantly worse than those with hypotension alone (X = −0.194, SD = 1.098, t = −2.45, ) and the normotensive/none group (X = −0.301, SD = 1.013, t = −2.23, ). There were no differences in memory between the hypertension and the combined hypertension-hypotension groups.
