Nutritional status of elderly hypertensive patients and its relation to the occurrence of cognitive impairment

Table 4 Comparison of clinical data between the two groups of patients with different cognitive functions in the modeling cohort, n (%)

Norm	Total cases (n = 140)	Hypertension combined with cognitive impairment group (n = 34)	Cognitively normal group with hypertension (n = 106)	t/χ2/F	P value
Distinguishing between the sexes				0.165	0.685
Male	66 (47.14)	15 (44.12)	51 (48.11)
Women	74 (52.86)	19 (55.88)	55 (51.89)
Age, year	71.55 ± 8.03	72.15 ± 8.15	70.15 ± 6.15	1.518	0.131
BMI, kg/m2	23.15 ± 2.42	22.56 ± 2.18	24.58 ± 2.98	3.648	0.000
Family history of hypertension				0.465	0.495
Yes	67 (47.86)	18 (52.94)	49 (46.23)
No	73 (52.14)	16 (47.06)	57 (53.77)
Course of hypertension, year	9.24 ± 2.81	10.84 ± 3.01	8.84 ± 2.67	3.683	0.000
High blood pressure classification				0.097	0.953
Level 1	73 (52.14)	18 (52.94)	55 (51.89)
Level 2	48 (34.29)	11 (32.35)	37 (34.91)
Level 3	19 (13.57)	5 (14.71)	14 (13.21)
Drinking history				0.114	0.735
Yes	57 (40.71)	13 (38.24)	44 (41.51)
No	83 (59.29)	21 (61.76)	62 (58.49)
Smoking history				0.332	0.564
Yes	76 (54.29)	17 (50.00)	59 (55.66)
No	64 (45.71)	17 (50.00)	47 (44.34)
Defatted body weight, kg	55.06 ± 8.92	54.18 ± 8.42	55.18 ± 9.43	0.552	0.582
Upper arm muscle dimension, cm	25.08 ± 2.11	24.81 ± 2.08	25.13 ± 2.05	0.789	0.431
ALB, g/L	38.82 ± 5.72	36.81 ± 4.51	39.71 ± 4.82	3.099	0.002
Hb, g/L	131.81 ± 10.92	128.98 ± 10.99	134.17 ± 11.31	2.344	0.021
AST, U/L	20.59 ± 2.51	20.81 ± 2.81	19.88 ± 2.48	1.841	0.067
ALT, U/L	17.95 ± 3.02	17.51 ± 2.91	18.05 ± 3.16	0.883	0.379
Cr, mmol/L	80.18 ± 20.42	82.18 ± 19.11	78.28 ± 19.52	1.019	0.310
Hcy, mmol/L	20.84 ± 6.83	21.13 ± 6.21	19.48 ± 6.28	1.337	0.184
UA, μmol/L	262.25 ± 70.15	256.81 ± 67.15	269.51 ± 50.31	1.176	0.242
ALP, U/L	119.18 ± 19.52	122.41 ± 20.51	102.62 ± 15.48	2.048	0.042
Absolute lymphocytes	1.49 ± 0.14	1.46 ± 0.13	1.53 ± 0.15	1.744	0.083
TC, mmol/L	4.08 ± 1.05	3.95 ± 1.01	4.21 ± 1.02	1.296	0.197
TG, mmol/L	1.44 ± 0.92	1.26 ± 0.53	1.56 ± 1.01	1.658	0.100
LDL-C, mmol/L	1.23 ± 0.23	1.21 ± 0.13	1.25 ± 0.11	1.763	0.080
HDL-C, mmol/L	2.53 ± 0.69	2.43 ± 0.61	2.61 ± 0.72	1.314	0.191
MNA score, cent	21.81 ± 3.52	19.21 ± 3.41	23.15 ± 3.14	6.234	0.000

BMI: Body mass index; ALB: Albumin; Hb: Hemoglobin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; Cr: Creatinine; Hcy: Homocysteine; UA: Uric acid; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; TC: Total cholesterol: TG: Triglycerides; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MNA: Mini-Nutritional Assessment Scale.