Does blood pressure lowering with antihypertensive agents reduce incident dementia or cognitive impairment?
Blood pressure lowering with antihypertensive agents is associated with a reduced risk of incident dementia or cognitive impairment.
In this meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, blood pressure lowering with antihypertensive agents compared with control was significantly associated with a lower risk of incident dementia or cognitive impairment.
Hughes et al. (Tue,) studied this question.