Cardiovascular risk factors and future risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Key result
Review summarizes links between clinical cardiovascular disease, vascular risk factors, and Alzheimer's disease etiology.
Why the study?
Are cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors associated with the etiology of Alzheimer's disease?
Population
Elderly people
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports CV-AD associations in literature; hypothesis-generating without altering practice or confirming causality.
Structured PICO
Are cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors associated with the etiology of Alzheimer's disease?
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Population
Elderly people
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Intervention
Cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors
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Outcome
Alzheimer's disease
This review highlights the potential role of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease.
Cite This Study
Bruijn et al. (2014) conducted a review in Alzheimer's disease. This review summarizes the associations between clinical cardiovascular disease, imaging markers of pre-clinical vascular disease, cardiovascular risk factors, and the etiology of Alzheimer's disease.