Association of cognitive dysfunction with cardiovascular disease events in elderly hypertensive patients

OBJECTIVES:This study assesses whether presence of cognitive dysfunction can be a marker associated with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events independent of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) or other indices of target organ damage (TOD) in elderly hypertensive patients. METHODS:We rec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of hypertension 2014-02, Vol.32 (2), p.423-431
Hauptverfasser: Yano, Yuichiro, Bakris, George L, Inokuchi, Takashi, Ohba, Yusuke, Tamaki, Noboru, Nagata, Masahiko, Kuwabara, Masachika, Yokota, Naoto, Eto, Takuma, Kuroki, Munetoshi, Shimada, Kazuyuki, Kario, Kazuomi
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVES:This study assesses whether presence of cognitive dysfunction can be a marker associated with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events independent of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) or other indices of target organ damage (TOD) in elderly hypertensive patients. METHODS:We recruited 585 hypertensive patients (mean age, 73 years; 41% men) who were ambulatory, lived independently, and were without clinically overt dementia. Cognitive function was assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at baseline, and CVD events (coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and sudden death) were prospectively ascertained. Cognitive dysfunction was defined as the lowest quartile of MMSE scores (n = 183, median 24 points). RESULTS:CVD events occurred in 42 people over an average of 2.8 years (1644 person-years). The prevalence of cognitive dysfunction was higher in patients with CVD events than those without (57 vs. 29%; both P 
ISSN:0263-6352
1473-5598
DOI:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000025