JAHA: Blood pressure variability may be directly related to the increased risk of dementia in the body. The impact on men is particularly serious!

July 22, 2021 // --Blood pressure variability (BPV) in middle age increases the risk of dementia in later life, but researchers do not know that BPV does not suffer from major cognitive deficits in old age.

Scientists from the Journal of the American Heart Association from the University of Iowa and other institutions have found through research that the variability of hypertension in the elderly (especially men) may be closely related to the increased risk of dementia and the decline in cognitive function

Image source: https:// findings of this article may be expected to help scientists identify people at increased risk of major cognitive dysfunction, so that they can divert and strengthen surveillance in Gushi County, and provide new ideas for effective management of these patients

However, most studies investigating blood pressure variability involve young people, older people who have been diagnosed with cognitive impairment, or the use of a single cognitive assessment tool to measure the cognitive acuity of the population

Before each annual cognitive test, participants will also receive a valid depression scale assessment, which is important because depression may have a certain impact on the body's cognitive function

These findings support the early findings that blood pressure variability may be a useful indicator of cognitive decline, which may expand the researchers’ understanding of older, relatively healthy, and no obvious cognitive dysfunction.

These findings support the early findings that blood pressure variability may be a useful indicator of cognitive decline, which may expand the researchers’ understanding of older, relatively healthy, and no obvious cognitive dysfunction.

Image source: Journal of the American Heart Association (2021).

Journal of the American Heart Association

Researchers say that men are more likely to be exposed to other known risk factors for cognitive decline, such as uncontrolled high blood pressure and smoking, than women in their lifetime, but even if the researchers take these factors into account, men The risk will still increase

In summary, the results of this article show that for the elderly (especially men) who do not suffer from severe cognitive impairment, the higher blood pressure variability in the body may be directly related to high-risk dementia and cognitive decline

The results of this study indicate that for the elderly (especially men) who do not suffer from severe cognitive impairment, the higher blood pressure variability in the body may be directly related to high-risk dementia and cognitive decline

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Michael E.

Michael E.
Ernst, Joanne Ryan, Enayet K.
Chowdhury, et al.
Long‐Term Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia Among Older Adults, Journal of the American Heart Association (2021).
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