Is the interaction between higher blood pressure variability (ARV) and arterial stiffness (AASI) associated with increased neurodegenerative markers in independently living older adults?
Higher blood pressure dynamic instability and arterial stiffness are associated with increased markers of neurodegeneration in older adults.
The interaction between higher ARV and higher AASI is independently associated with increased neurodegenerative markers in independently living older adults. Participants with the highest ARV and highest AASI displayed the most adverse markers of medial temporal lobe neurodegeneration.
Lohman et al. (Mon,) studied this question.