Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia mortality: 40 years of follow-up in the Seven Countries Study

A Alonso, DR Jacobs Jr, A Menotti, A Nissinen… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Elsevier
Previous research shows that cardiovascular risk factors in mid-adulthood could increase
the risk of dementia later in life, but studies with very long follow-up are still scarce. We …

Risk of dementia hospitalisation associated with cardiovascular risk factors in midlife and older age: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

A Alonso, TH Mosley, RF Gottesman… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with a higher risk of developing
dementia. Studies in older populations, however, have often failed to show this relationship …

Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and risk of dementia in late life

RA Whitmer, S Sidney, J Selby, SC Johnston, K Yaffe - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To evaluate if midlife cardiovascular risk factors are associated with risk of late-life
dementia in a large, diverse cohort. Method: The authors conducted a retrospective cohort …

Midlife vascular risk factors and their association with dementia deaths: results from a Norwegian prospective study followed up for 35 years

BH Strand, EM Langballe, V Hjellvik, M Handal… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that midlife risk factors for vascular disease also are risk factors
for dementia, but there is still need for long-term observational studies to address this. Our …

Effect of vascular risk factors and diseases on mortality in individuals with dementia: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

IE Van De Vorst, HL Koek, R De Vries… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the effect of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors on mortality in
individuals with dementia. Design Systematic review and meta‐analysis. English‐and Dutch …

Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and late cognitive impairment

JJ Virta, K Heikkilä, M Perola, M Koskenvuo… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Cardiovascular risk factors increase the risk of dementia in later life. The aims of the current
study were to assess the effect of multiple midlife cardiovascular risk factors on the risk of …

The epidemiologic study of dementia: a life-long quest?

LJ Launer - Neurobiology of aging, 2005 - Elsevier
Based on many experimental and observational studies we now understand that
neurodegenerative brain changes begin by middle age. Characteristics of the risk factors for …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the association between major cardiovascular risk factors in midlife and dementia: a cohort study using data from the UK Biobank

J Gong, K Harris, SAE Peters, M Woodward - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Sex differences in major cardiovascular risk factors for incident (fatal or non-
fatal) all-cause dementia were assessed in the UK Biobank. The effects of these risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of dementia over three decades in the Framingham Heart Study

CL Satizabal, AS Beiser, V Chouraki… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The prevalence of dementia is expected to soar as the average life expectancy
increases, but recent estimates suggest that the age-specific incidence of dementia is …

Cardiovascular diseases in∼ 30,000 patients in the Swedish Dementia Registry

P Cermakova, K Johnell, J Fastbom… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are leading causes of death and patients with
dementia are often affected by them. Objective: Investigate associations of cardiovascular …