Key result
Midlife hypertension is linked to cognitive decline and dementia, with peak impact in middle age.
Why the study?
Does midlife hypertension influence 20-year cognitive change?
Does midlife hypertension influence 20-year cognitive change?
Hypertension in middle age may have a significant influence on long-term cognitive decline and dementia.
May support midlife BP control to limit later cognitive decline; leaves open causal confirmation in trials.
Hypertension is a treatable potential cause of cognitive decline and dementia, but its greatest influence on cognition may occur in middle age.
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Gottesman et al. (2020) studied this question. Midlife hypertension is a treatable potential cause of cognitive decline and dementia, with its greatest influence on cognition potentially occurring in middle age.
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