Systolic Blood Pressure and Cognition in the Elderly: The Northern Manhattan Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence suggests that hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. The relationship between blood pressure and cognition in a racially and ethnically diverse population remains unclear.

Objective

To study association of blood pressure with cognition cross-sectionally and longitudinally in the elderly.

Methods

Participants are stroke-free individuals from the racially and ethnically diverse Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) (n = 1215). General linear models are constructed to examine blood pressure in relation to cognition cross-sectionally and longitudinally at a five-year follow-up.

Results

We found a cross-sectional association of systolic blood pressure (SBP) with word fluency/semantic memory, executive function,

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568019 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature