Higher blood pressure in mid-life could influence brain health four decades later
:"We found that having higher blood pressure—and rising blood pressure—from the ages of 36 to 52 was the period that had most impact on brain health as measured using these brain scans—even in cognitively healthy individuals."disease and brain shrinkage, both indicators of poorer brain health. High blood pressure wasn't linked to the build-up of the core Alzheimer protein,, or changes in memory and thinking—but we need to study this further over longer periods," he said.
Schott continued:"Evidence suggests that around 30 percent of dementia may be preventable. We know that high blood pressure is a risk factor for dementia—and one which may be treatable. What is less clear is when during life having high blood pressure confers most risk and and how high blood pressure leads to dementia."
Critiquing the work, he said:"The group taking part is relatively small so it is difficult to make strong conclusions, and this new paper is not a trial, so we still do not know whether treating the high blood pressure when the participants were younger could have prevented these differences in the brain.
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