Open AccessCardiovascular risk factors and accelerated cognitive decline in midlife
Author(s) -
Kristine Yaffe,
Amber L. Bahorik,
Tina Hoang,
Sarah N. Forrester,
David R. Jacobs,
Cora E. Lewis,
Donald M. LloydJones,
Stephen Sidney,
Jared P. Reis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
pISSN - 0028-3878
DOI - 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010078
Subject(s) - medicine , cognitive decline , odds ratio , obesity , demography , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , framingham risk score , cognition , framingham heart study , dementia , logistic regression , gerontology , disease , psychiatry , endocrinology , sociology
Increasing evidence supports an association between midlife cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and risk of dementia, but less is known about whether CVRFs influence cognition in midlife. We examined the relationship between CVRFs and midlife cognitive decline.