Antihypertensive therapy is associated with improved visuospatial, executive, attention, abstraction, memory, and recall scores on the montreal cognitive assessment in geriatric hypertensive patients

The median MoCA score was lower in hypertensives not on antihypertensive drugs.Proportion on antihypertensive therapy with mild cognitive impairment was lower.Visuospatial/executive, attention, abstraction, and memory scores affected.No difference in MoCA scores between lipo- or hydro-philic antihypertensives.Lower MOCA scores were seen in patients with untreated higher blood pressures.