Bottom Line: Modest decline in cognition seen more in people with hypertension in middle age (48 to 67 years), over a 20-year period, compared to those who had normal blood pressure. Author: Rebecca F. Gottesman, M.D., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues. Background: Evidence suggests hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive change and dementia and midlife hypertension may be the stronger risk factor. ...Tuesday 5 August 2014
Midlife Hypertension and Cognitive Change Over 20-Year Period Examined
Bottom Line: Modest decline in cognition seen more in people with hypertension in middle age (48 to 67 years), over a 20-year period, compared to those who had normal blood pressure. Author: Rebecca F. Gottesman, M.D., Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues. Background: Evidence suggests hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive change and dementia and midlife hypertension may be the stronger risk factor. ...
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