Background. The effect of antihypertensive medications on cognitive function has not been
well studied. The authors' objectives were to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal …

We examined long-term changes in cognitive function and quality of life (QL) in hypertensive
patients by comparing the antihypertensive effect of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and …

Blood Press. 1999; 8 (3): 177-83. Study on COgnition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE).
Hansson L, Lithell H, Skoog I, Baro F, Bánki CM, Breteler M, Carbonin PU, Castaigne A …

Hypertension is a risk factor for mild cognitive deterioration and vascular dementia.
Cognitive deterioration attributable to normal aging was distinguished from cognitive …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional relationship between
arterial blood pressure and cognitive impairment in a group of elderly subjects, controlling …

Longitudinal studies suggest that hypertension in midlife is associated with cognitive
impairment in later life. Cross-sectional studies are difficult to interpret because blood …

Background: We examined whether cognitive function at baseline affected cognitive and
cardiovascular outcomes in the Study on COgnition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE), a …

Essential hypertension has rather recently become recognized as a major factor in the
development of the 2 main types of dementia, that is, no longer merely vascular dementia …

This paper reviews the longitudinal studies in which the association between hypertension
and cognitive functioning has been explored. The findings of these studies are far from …

OBJECTIVES: Hypertension is associated with impaired cognition, but it is unclear whether
this impairment is reversible. We sought to evaluate the effect of blood pressure reduction on …