Clinical Study

Impairment in Preattentive Processing among Patients with Hypertension Revealed by Visual Mismatch Negativity

Table 1

The baseline characteristics of the participants.

Baseline characteristicsHypertensive
( )
Normotensive
( )
value

Number of males88ā€‰
Age (years), mean (SD)53.33 (7.51)52.00 (6.18)0.60
Education (years),
mean (SD)
12.60 (2.64)12.27 (2.58)0.73
Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)168.73 (14.07)123.87 (9.88)0.00
Diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)90.47 (9.16)73.93 (6.63)0.00
MMSE scores, mean (SD)27.53 (1.36)28.07 (1.28)0.28

P value is for test of difference between hypertensive and normotensive.
BP: blood pressure; SD: standard deviation.