Cognitive Outcomes in Young Adults with Primary Arterial Hypertension: The Role of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: We aimed to explore the association between cognitive performance and markers of hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD) in young adults with hypertension. Materials and Methods: A group of adults aged 16 to 45 years with primary arterial hypertension completed a battery of paper-pencil as well as computer-based neuropsychological tests across all major cognitive domains. They also underwent office and ambulatory 24 h blood pressure, intima-media thickness measurements, heart ultrasound, and laboratory analysis of their lipid profile, blood uric acid concentration, and urine albumin-creatinine ratio. Associations between cognitive test results and markers of HMOD were explored through correlation analysis and age-, sex-, and body mass index-adjust

SUBMITTER: Puteikis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11356388 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature