Midlife Hypertension and 20-Year Cognitive Change: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study
Rebecca F. Gottesman, Lisa Wruck, Laura H. Coker, Melinda C. Power, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Marilyn Albert, Thomas H. Mosley, Josef Coresh, Álvaro Alonso, Andrea Schneider, David S. Knopman, Andreea M. Rawlings, A. Richey Sharrett
Abstract
Hypertension is a treatable potential cause of cognitive decline and dementia, but its greatest influence on cognition may occur in middle age.
Topics & Concepts
NeurocognitiveCognitionCognitive declineMedicinePsychologyInternal medicineDementiaPsychiatryDiseaseCardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies