“We already know that having higher blood pressure, particularly in midlife (between 40-65 years) increases our risk of developing dementia in later life,” Ruth Peters, PhD, Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney and Program Lead for Dementia in The George Institute’s Global Brain Health Initiative, told Healthline.
Dr. Peters, lead author on the study, pointed out that there has been “some uncertainty” about whether lowering blood pressure in older adults would reduce dementia risk.
So Peters and team decided to look at whether people taking blood pressure-lowering medication had a lower risk of dementia diagnosis than people taking a matching placebo/dummy treatment.
“We combined data from five large clinical trials of blood pressure lowering in older adults,” she said study, researchers conducted a meta-analysis of data from five studies that included information from over 28,000 people with an average age of 69 and a history of high blood pressure across 20 different countries found there was a significant effect of treatment in lowering the odds of dementia associated with a sustained reduction in blood pressure in this older population Peters said in a statement is the strongest evidence yet to show that blood pressure lowering, in older adults, reduces Said that this condition causes narrowing and blockage of blood flow through these arteries.
“This process can give rise to multiple small strokes that are tiny and are called strokes,” said Mishra Sufficient number of arterioles become blocked, global brain network function is disordered by reduced brain blood supply, causing signs and symptoms that there are many options for first-line medications to treat hypertension it’s important for each person to work with their physician to find the safest and most efficacious drug for them emphasized that controlling hypertension “certainly” reduces the risk of developing diseases that are associated with it.
“A study from showed that a 5 mmHg (millimeter of mercury) reduction in systolic blood pressure lowered the relative risk of major cardiovascular events by 10 percent on an average of four years of follow up,” she said added that keeping blood pressure “at goal” also reduces stroke and kidney disease risk Lower Blood Pressure At Least a Few mmHg If Not More Such as diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and heart disease have all been associated with increased risk for vascular dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease there are many safe drugs available to treat blood pressure, but lifestyle changes can help significantly the risk is strongest for people who develop diabetes or cardiovascular conditions during author on the study, pointed out that there has been “some uncertainty” about whether lowering blood pressure in older adults would reduce dementia risk analyzed data from clinical trials involving over 28,000 people to determine if people using high blood pressure drugs had a reduced risk of dementia compared to those who did not use these drugs found people with a sustained reduction in blood pressure thanks to medication were about 13% less likely to get dementia medications may help reduce narrowing or blocking of key arteries in the body We already know that having higher blood pressure, particularly in midlife (between 40-65 years) increases our risk of developing dementia in later life Ruth Peters, PhD, Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney and Program Lead for Dementia in The George Institute’s Global Brain Health Initiative, told Healthline.
Dr. Peters, lead author on the study, pointed out that there has been “some uncertainty” about whether lowering blood pressure in older adults would reduce dementia risk.
So Peters and team decided to look at whether people taking blood pressure-lowering medication had a lower risk of dementia diagnosis than people taking a matching placebo/dummy treatment.
“We combined data from five large clinical trials of blood pressure lowering in older adults,” she said study, researchers conducted a meta-analysis of data from five studies that included information from over 28,000 people with an average age of 69 and a history of high blood pressure across 20 different countries found there was a significant effect of treatment in lowering the odds of dementia associated with a sustained reduction in blood pressure in this older population Peters said in a statement is the strongest evidence yet to show that blood pressure lowering, in older adults, reduces Said that this condition causes narrowing and blockage of blood flow through these arteries.
“This process can give rise to multiple small strokes that are tiny and are called strokes,” said Mishra Sufficient number of arterioles become blocked, global brain network function is disordered by reduced brain blood supply, causing signs and symptoms that there are many options for first-line medications to treat hypertension it’s important for each person to work with their physician to find the safest and most efficacious drug for them emphasized that controlling hypertension “certainly” reduces the risk of developing diseases that are associated with it.
“A study from showed that a 5 mmHg (millimeter of mercury) reduction in systolic blood pressure lowered the relative risk of major cardiovascular events by 10 percent on an average of four years of follow up,” she said added that keeping blood pressure “at goal” also reduces stroke and kidney disease risk Lower Blood Pressure At Least a Few mmHg If Not More Such as diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and heart disease have all been associated with increased risk for vascular dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease there are many safe drugs available to treat blood pressure, but lifestyle changes can help significantly the risk is strongest for people who develop diabetes or cardiovascular conditions during author on the study, pointed out that there has been “some uncertainty” about whether lowering blood pressure in older adults would reduce dementia risk analyzed data from clinical trials involving over 28,000 people to determine if people using high blood pressure drugs had a reduced risk of dementia compared to those who did not use these drugs found people with a sustained reduction in blood pressure thanks to medication were about 13% less likely to get dementia medications may help reduce narrowing or blocking of key arteries in the body.
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