Blood pressure and dementia risk by physical frailty in the elderly: a nationwide cohort study

Abstract Background Midlife hypertension has been recognized as a modifiable risk factor for dementia, but association between blood pressure (BP) in late life and dementia has been inconclusive. In addition, few studies have investigated effects of BP control on dementia incidence in the frail elde...

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Main Authors: Mi Hee Cho, Kyungdo Han, Seungwoo Lee, Su-Min Jeong, Jung Eun Yoo, SangYun Kim, Jinkook Lee, Sohyun Chun, Dong Wook Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-023-01211-y