Introduction The impact of cardiovascular risk burden on brain pathologies remains unclear.
We aimed to examine the association of the Framingham General Cardiovascular Risk …

Background: Many cardiovascular risk factors are shown to increase the risk of dementia
and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the impact of heart disease on later development of …

Background and Objectives Cardiovascular risk factors have a recently established
association with cognitive decline and dementia, yet most studies examine this association …

Objectives To examine the capacity of existing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk algorithms
widely used in primary care, to predict frailty. Design Prospective cohort study. Risk …

The term “cardiogenic dementia” was introduced a few decades ago to indicate an alteration
of consciousness and cognition due to heart disease. Although this term is now disused, the …

Background Understanding the patterns in determinants of survival becomes increasingly
important as the population ages. Dementia is known to shorten survival as is impaired …

Background. This paper reports the association between self-reported diseases and
impairments and 2-year onset of disability in a prospective study of people aged 65 years or …

Objective To estimate how much changes in the main risk factors of cardiovascular disease
(smoking prevalence, serum cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure) can explain the …

Abstract Objectives: To evaluate a Framingham risk function for coronary heart disease in an
elderly Australian cohort and to derive a risk function for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in …

Objective: To establish whether initiation of treatment with diuretic or β blocker is associated
over 54 months with change in cognitive function. Design: A cognitive substudy, nested …