Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity score, an estimator of cognitive performance in the elderly: results from the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging.

ABSTRACT: Ageing-related changes in the vascular wall influence the function of different organs; for this reason, we assessed how arterial stiffness measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) modulates: the basal cognitive performance and the change in cognitive performance over the follow-up time. We developed a prospective, population-based cohort study with 1581 participants aged > 65 years were obtained from the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging. Participants from the second wave (2011-2013) were selected for the cross-sectional analysis. Those who also performed the cognitive assessment in the third wave (2015-2017) were selected for the prospective analysis. Arterial stiffness was evaluated by cf-PWV. Multivariate segmented regression models were used to evaluate the association be

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493915 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature