Research Article
Hypertension, Sarcopenia, and Global Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Preliminary Study
Table 3
Frequency (%) of the distribution of older women according to MMSE.
| Variable | MMSE | | <24 | ≥24 |
| Hypertension | | | | Yes | 24.4 | 29.7 | 0.012 | No | 8.1 | 37.8 |
| Hypertension plus low appendicular muscle mass | | | | Yes | 19.2 | 30.8 | 0.650 | No | 11.5 | 38.5 |
| Hypertension plus low absolute muscle mass | | | | Yes | 21.1 | 40.3 | 0.847 | No | 12.3 | 26.3 |
| Hypertension plus low sit-to-stand | | | | Yes | 22.9 | 29.8 | 0.091 | No | 10.5 | 36.8 |
| Hypertension plus low walking speed | | | | Yes | 20,4 | 44.4 | 0.991 | No | 11.1 | 24.1 |
| Hypertension plus low Janssen | | | | Yes | 28.0 | 28.0 | 0.030 | No | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| Hypertension plus low Baumgartner | | | | Yes | 13.2 | 23.5 | 0.363 | No | 16.2 | 47.1 |
| Hypertension plus low short physical performance battery | | | | Yes | 24.6 | 26.3 | 0.006 | No | 7.0 | 42.1 |
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Data are shown as mean ± SD; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.
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