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Blood pressure and risk of incident Alzheimer's disease dementia by antihypertensive medications and APOE ε4 allele.
Annals of neurology - 1 May 2018
Rajan Kumar B, Barnes Lisa L, Wilson Robert S, Weuve Jennifer, McAninch Elizabeth A, Evans Denis A
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of blood pressure (BP) with incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. METHODS: This work is based on a longitudinal, cohort study of 18 years, the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP) performed in 2,137 participants (55% black) with systolic BP measured around 8.1 years before incident AD dementia. RESULTS: The association of BP with risk of AD dementia was U-shaped,...
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