Short-Term Blood Pressure Variability and Cognition in the Elderly: Mere Association or a Key Mechanism?

Many studies have been published on the consequences of high blood pressure (BP) on the brain and overall they show that, even without the occurrence of a stroke, hypertension in middle-age is associated with an increased risk of cognitive deterioration, cognitive decline over time, and ultimately dementia some decades later.^1–3

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