Association between systolic blood pressure and dementia in the Whitehall II cohort study: role of age, duration, and threshold used to define hypertension

Abstract

Systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg at age 50, below the conventional ≥140 mmHg threshold used to define hypertension, is associated with increased risk of dementia; in these persons this excess risk is independent of CVD.

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MedicineBlood pressureDuration (music)DementiaCohortCohort studyCardiologyInternal medicineAssociation (psychology)Isolated systolic hypertensionPrehypertensionGerontologyDisease

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 39
Issue: 33
Pages: 3119-3125
Citations: 246
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                                    Jessica Abell, 
                                
                                    Mika Kivimäki, 
                                
                                    Aline Dugravot
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Association between systolic blood pressure and dementia in the Whitehall II cohort study: role of age, duration, and threshold used to define hypertension. 
                            European Heart Journal
                            , 39
                            (33)
                            , 3119-3125.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy288
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy288