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29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Hypertension Is Associated with Impaired Sustained Attention Ability

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Thomas Wooten
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Thomas Wooten
    Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Joe DeGutis
    Geriatric Research, Education, & Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Joe DeGutis
    Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Joe DeGutis
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Victoria Poole
    Geriatric Research, Education, & Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Victoria Poole
    Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Victoria Poole
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Elizabeth Leritz
    Geriatric Research, Education, & Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Elizabeth Leritz
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Michael Esterman
    Geriatric Research, Education, & Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
  • Michael Esterman
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  • Michael Esterman
    Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between hypertension and sustained attention ability. Hypertension was assessed in 33 older adults based on NCEP-III guidelines, while sustained attention was measured by the gradual-onset continuous performance task (gradCPT). Hypertensive older adults had impaired sustained attention, relative to their non-hypertensive peers and normative data.

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