Figure 1

Frequency of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subjects by nocturnal blood pressure (BP) pattern. Nocturnal BP pattern was defined as follows: extreme dipper, with a decline in nocturnal systolic BP ⩾20%; dipper, 10–19%; non-dipper, 0–9% and riser, increase in nocturnal systolic BP. The number of subjects in each group is represented in each column. Overall P-value assessed by χ2-test was 0.018.