Cognitive impairment and risk of cardiovascular events and mortality
Author(s) -
Martin O’Donnell,
Koon Teo,
P. Gao,
Craig S. Anderson,
Peter Sleight,
A. Dans,
Irene Marzona,
Jackie Bosch,
J. Probstfield,
Salim Yusuf
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs053
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , proportional hazards model , population , stroke (engine) , mini–mental state examination , blood pressure , depression (economics) , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , disease , dementia , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering , economics , macroeconomics
Cognitive impairment may increase the risk of all cardiovascular (CV) events. We prospectively evaluated the independent association between Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and myocardial infarction, stroke, hospital admission for heart failure and mortality, and their CV composite (major CV events), in a large high-risk CV population.
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