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P3‐479: 10‐YEAR STABLE BLOOD PRESSURE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION
Author(s) -
Tebrügge Sarah,
Winkler Angela,
Gerards Diana,
Moebus Susanne,
Jöckel Karl-Heinz,
Erbel Raimund,
Weimar Christian,
Jokisch Martha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1843
Subject(s) - blood pressure , prehypertension , medicine , verbal fluency test , dementia , population , stroke (engine) , verbal memory , body mass index , cognition , cognitive decline , trail making test , cardiology , neuropsychology , psychiatry , disease , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering
Test re-test reliability was adequate for learning trials, LDFR & d’ (r1⁄4.67 to .73; p<.05). Analysis revealed significant inter-correlations between learning and memory scores (r1⁄4.33 to .93), components of WAOMT and odour identification (r1⁄4.15 to .21), verbal episodic memory (r 1⁄4.17 to .26) and visual episodic memory (r 1⁄4 .16 to .27). Females performed better than males on Trial 3 F(1,113) 1⁄4 4.49, p1⁄4 .4 and recognition hits F(1,113)1⁄4 6.24, p1⁄4 .14, controlling for MoCA scores. Performance decreased with age (r 1⁄4 -.13 to -.20). Conclusions:Relationships were found between conceptually similar constructs of verbal and visual episodic memory and odour identification. Performance was found to decrease with age, and females demonstrated an advantage overall males in learning trial 3 and recognition hits. The WAOMT presents a reliable, valid and simple test of odour episodic memory. Future research implications include examining the longitudinal relationship between OEM and cognitive decline.