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Low diastolic pressure and risk of dementia in very old people: a longitudinal study.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2009
Qiu Chengxuan, Winblad Bengt, Fratiglioni Laura
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Midlife high blood pressure is linked to late-life dementia. We sought to investigate the temporal relation of blood pressure to the risk of dementia and Alzhei-mer's disease (AD) among older adults. METHODS: A dementia-free cohort (n = 422) aged > or =81 years was followed for 3 years to detect dementia and AD cases (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised...
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