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Risk for dementia reduced in association with antihypertensive use
Medical Xpress / HealthDay / JAMA Network Open ^ | Sept. 13, 2023 | Elana Gotkine / Matthew J. Lennon et al

Posted on 09/18/2023 6:42:14 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

Antihypertensive use is associated with a reduced risk for dementia compared with untreated hypertension, according to research.

Matthew J. Lennon, M.D. and colleagues examined the associations of hypertension history, antihypertension use, and baseline-measured blood pressure (BP) in late life with dementia in longitudinal, population-based studies of aging adults participating in the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium group. The analysis included 17 studies with 34,519 community-dwelling older adults (mean age, 72.5 years) and a mean follow-up of 4.3 years.

The researchers found that individuals with untreated hypertension had a significantly increased risk for dementia compared with healthy controls and with individuals with treated hypertension in the main, partially adjusted analysis including 14 studies (hazard ratios, 1.42 and 1.26, respectively). The risk for dementia was not increased significantly for those with treated hypertension versus healthy controls. There was no variation observed in the association of antihypertensive use or hypertension status with dementia according to baseline BP.

"Antihypertensive use was associated with decreased dementia risk in late-life individuals with hypertension; thus, dementia risk reduction may be one of the multiple goals of antihypertensive treatment in late-life (e.g., prevention of ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease)," the authors write.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bloodpressure; dementia; highbloodpressure
Get your blood pressure down (however you can) and you may reduce your chances of dementia.
1 posted on 09/18/2023 6:42:14 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 09/18/2023 6:42:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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It makes sense. Got to preserve our conservative minds :-)


3 posted on 09/18/2023 6:44:27 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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4 posted on 09/18/2023 6:45:22 PM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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“Get your blood pressure down”

Biggest risk factor for hypertension: Democrats being in office!


5 posted on 09/19/2023 6:29:50 AM PDT by RouxStir (No Peein' in the Gene Pool )
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“Get your blood pressure down”

Biggest risk factor for hypertension: Democrats being in office!


6 posted on 09/19/2023 6:30:46 AM PDT by RouxStir (No Peein' in the Gene Pool )
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