Long-Term Blood Pressure Variation and Risk of Dementia (IMAGE)

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Long-Term Blood Pressure Variation and Risk of Dementia

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In a new research study published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, Albert Hofman and colleagues at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States report that people who experienced substantial changes in blood pressure over the long term were at greater risk of dementia than those who did not.

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