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From: Body mass, blood pressure, and cognitive functioning among octogenarians and centenarians

Table 2

Mean group differences in BMI, BP, MAP, and cognitive function

Variables	Age				Gender				Ethnicity
Variables	80s	100s	F	η²	Male	Female	F	η²	White	Black	F	η²
BMI (kg/m²)	25.92	22.96	18.55^***	0.07	24.86	23.53	2.80⁺	0.01	23.37	25.25	6.25^*	0.03
SBP	131.76	127.55	2.91⁺	0.01	129.28	128.63	0.16	0.00	127.07	134.37	7.10^**	0.03
DBP	75.34	73.70	1.30	0.01	73.50	74.34	0.24	0.00	73.36	76.86	5.13^*	0.02
MAP	94.15	91.65	2.79^*	0.01	92.09	92.44	0.01	0.00	91.27	96.03	8.62^**	0.03
Cognitive function	25.04	17.47	45.57^***	0.13	22.70	18.54	11.08^**	0.04	20.78	15.39	20.12^**	0.06

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Age, gender, and ethnicity differences for BMI, SBP, DBP, MAP, and cognitive function after controlling for hypertension medication; ⁺ P < 0.10; ^* P < 0.05; ^** P < 0.01; ^*** P < 0.001; F: F-test; η²: eta-squared