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Intensive control of hypertension and risk of Alzheimer's dementia in older adults with depression

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Intensive control of hypertension has been reported to decrease risk of cognitive decline. However, the effect of this in older adults with hypertension and comorbid depression is not well understood.… Click to show full abstract

Intensive control of hypertension has been reported to decrease risk of cognitive decline. However, the effect of this in older adults with hypertension and comorbid depression is not well understood. We aim to identify whether intensive control of systolic blood pressure (BP) is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's dementia (AD) in a clinical population.

Keywords: risk; control; control hypertension; intensive control; older adults

Journal Title: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Year Published: 2020

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