Hypertension, Sarcopenia, and Global Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

MMSE according to the presence of hypertension and high or low levels of variables related to sarcopenia.

	Total ()
	Normotensive		Hypertensive
Variables	High MMSE	Low MMSE	High MMSE	Low MMSE
Anthropometric characteristics
Absolute muscle mass (kg)	25.7 ± 2.1	26.3 ± 2.7	21.8 ± 5.6	20.1 ± 8.8^a
Appendicular skeletal muscle mass (kg)	25.6 ± 2.0	25.5 ± 3.5	20.3 ± 1.7^a	23.3 ± 7.5
Janssen index (kg/m^2)	26.4 ± 2.4	26.0 ± 1.7	23.0 ± 3.8^a	22.7 ± 2.8^a
Baumgartner index (kg/m^2)	25.8 ± 2.4	25.2 ± 2.8	23.0 ± 3.2^a	24.0 ± 3.4
Physical functional tests
Sit-to-stand (s)	25 ± 2.9	26.1 ± 2.2	21.2 ± 7.1^a	22.3 ± 6.8
Walking speed (m/s)	25 ± 2.6	25.0 ± 2.6	21.6 ± 6.7	21.7 ± 7.9
Short physical performance battery (points)	24.6 ± 3.6	25.7 ± 2.4	24.8 ± 2.9	22.9 ± 3.2^b
Sarcopenia
Absolute muscle mass plus walking speed	24.8 ± 2.3	28.0 ± 0.0	22.8 ± 2.4^b	23.6 ± 0.5
Absolute muscle mass plus sit-to-stand	25.1 ± 1.7	27.1 ± 2.7	22.4 ± 3.5^b	24.2 ± 3.5
Absolute muscle mass plus short physical performance battery	24.3 ± 3.2	24.2 ± 1.2	26.3 ± 2.7	—
Appendicular skeletal muscle mass plus walking speed	24.8 ± 2.3	24.3 ± 3.5	22.3 ± 2.3	25.3 ± 2.5
Appendicular skeletal muscle mass plus sit-to-stand	25.4 ± 1.8	27.0 ± 2.7	22.2 ± 3.3^ab	24.3 ± 3.9
Appendicular skeletal mass plus short physical performance battery	25.0 ± 3.5	24.2 ± 1.2	26.0 ± 3.0	19.0 ± 0.0^ac
Baumgartner index plus walking speed	24.7 ± 2.9	28.0 ± 00	23.1 ± 3.3	24.6 ± 3.7
Baumgartner index plus sit-to-stand	26.3 ± 2.6	27.0 ± 2.9	23.1 ± 2.9^a	23.6 ± 2.8
Baumgartner index plus short physical performance battery	24.6 ± 3.3	24.2 ± 1.2	25.7 ± 2.4	25.0 ± 3.9
Janssen index plus walking speed	25.0 ± 2.7	26.3 ± 0.5	22.5 ± 2.2^b	23.5 ± 1.4
Janssen index plus sit-to-stand	25.1 ± 1.7	25.2 ± 1.6	22.5 ± 3.5	21.8 ± 4.0
Janssen index plus short physical performance battery	23.4 ± 3.1	28.0 ± 0.0^a	25.7 ± 1.5	24.0 ± 0.0

^a versus high NTS; ^b versus low NTS; ^c versus high HTS; ^d versus low HTS; data are shown as mean ± SD; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.