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Table 3 Association between regional Cerebral Blood Flow (rCBF) at age 81, as a dependent variable, and Fractional Shortening (FS) at age 68 in normotensive (n=37) and hypertensive subjects (n=35) at age 68 in an adjusted linear model

From: Cardiac ventricular dimensions predict cognitive decline and cerebral blood flow abnormalities in aging men

 

Normotensive

Hypertensive

rCBF

B (S.E.)(1)

p

B (S.E.)(1)

p

Frontal right

.225 (.129)

.091

-.147 (.151)

.361

Frontal left

.292 (.130)

.033*

-.141 (.145)

.340

Temporal r

.201 (0.78)

.016*

-.167 (.129)

.207

Temporal l

.237 (.102)

.027*

-.088 (.130)

.201

Parietal r

.257 (.124)

.047*

-.159 (.160)

.330

Parietal l

.242 (.141)

.096

-.143 (.171)

.409

Occipital

.357 (.141)

.017*

-.172 (.151)

.263

Basal nuclei r

.325 (.135)

.023*

-.082 (.188)

.669

Basal nuclei l

.238 (.137)

.093

-.009 (.193)

.964

  1. (1) Adjusted for: systolic blood pressure at age 81, active smoking at age 68, alcohol consumption at age 68 and stroke.
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