OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional relationship between arterial blood pressure and @entity73 in a group of elderly subjects, controlling for such confounding variables as age, education, @entity308 , drug use and antihypertensive treatment. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional survey in Campania, a region in southern Italy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A random sample of 1339 elderly subjects aged 65-95 years (mean 73.9 +/- 6.2 years) selected from the electoral rolls was interviewed by trained physicians. Sociodemographic characteristics, results of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), @entity308 ( @entity308 ), blood pressure and whether antihypertensive treatment was being administered were recorded. When subjects with @entity16 and those under psychotropic therapy were excluded from the analyses, the population numbered 1106. RESULTS: The MMSE score was less than 24 for 27.9% of the subjects and the mean @entity308 score was 10.8 +/- 6.3. The mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) was 145.3 +/- 19.0 mmHg and the mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was 82.0 +/- 9.2 mmHg. Logistic regression analysis showed that female sex, age, @entity308 score and DBP but not SBP were predictive of @entity73 . Educational level and antihypertensive treatment, on the contrary, play a protective role. @entity11559 was associated with @entity73 in subjects aged 75 years (odds ratio 1.62, 95% confidence interval 1.16-2.25) and over (odds ratio 5.16, 95% confidence interval 1.50-17.71) but not in those aged 65-74 years. CONCLUSION: DBP but not SBP is predictive of @entity73 in subjects aged 75 years and over without @entity16 independently from sex, age, education, @entity308 and antihypertensive treatment

The role of blood pressure in XXXX in an elderly population. Osservatorio Geriatrico Campano Group.

@entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairment'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological diseases', 'neurological disorders'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Geriatric Depression Scale', 'GDS', 'depression'] @entity11559 :: ('CHEBI:35861', 'Chemical') :: ['DBP']
@entity73 :: (MESH:D003072,Disease) :: ['cognitive impairment']
