Cardiovascular risk factors and small vessel disease of the brain: blood pressure, white matter lesions, and functional decline in older persons

HMA Abraham, L Wolfson, N Moscufo… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Several potential vascular risk factors exist for the development and accumulation of
subcortical white matter disease in older people. We have reported that in older people …

Sex differences in risk factors for white matter hyperintensities in non-demented older individuals

A Alqarni, J Jiang, JD Crawford, F Koch, H Brodaty… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are generally considered to be associated with
cerebral small vessel disease, especially, in older age. Although significant sex differences …

Arterial blood pressure variability and other vascular factors contribution to the cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

A Pierzchlińska, M Kwaśniak-Butowska, J Sławek… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dementia is one of the most disabling non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD).
Unlike in Alzheimer's disease, the vascular pathology in PD is less documented. Due to the …

Sex‐and age‐specific associations between cardiometabolic risk and white matter brain age in the UK Biobank cohort

S Subramaniapillai, S Suri, C Barth… - Human brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors are associated with accelerated brain aging and
increased risk for sex‐dimorphic illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Yet, it is …

Sex-specific causes and consequences of white matter damage in a middle-aged cohort

N Bonberg, N Wulms, M Dehghan-Nayyeri… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective To evaluate potential sex-specific effects of multiple cardiovascular risk factors on
white matter pathology in normal aging men and women, as well as potential sex …

Hormonal factors moderate the associations between vascular risk factors and white matter hyperintensities

A Alqarni, W Wen, BCP Lam, JD Crawford… - Brain imaging and …, 2023 - Springer
To examine the moderation effects of hormonal factors on the associations between
vascular risk factors and white matter hyperintensities in men and women, separately. White …

Sex-specific risk factors and clinical dementia outcomes for white matter hyperintensities in a large South Korean cohort

N Schweitzer, SJ Son, RC Thurston, J Li… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2024 - Springer
Objective White matter hyperintensities (WMH) on brain MRI images are the most common
feature of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Studies have yielded divergent findings on …

Sex differences in risk factors, burden, and outcomes of cerebrovascular disease in Alzheimer's disease populations

C Morrison, M Dadar, DL Collins… - Alzheimer's & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are associated with cognitive decline
and progression to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. It remains unclear if sex …

An angiotensinogen gene polymorphism (rs5050) is associated with the risk of coronary artery aneurysm in southern chinese children with Kawasaki disease

Y Liu, L Fu, L Pi, D Che, Y Xu, H Zheng… - Disease …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis disease that commonly causes
acquired heart disease in children. Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is a major complication …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme and angiotensin II type 1 receptors and their impact on the outcome of acute coronary syndrome

FA Ghafil, BI Mohammad, HS Al-Janabi, NR Hadi… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the impact of ACE (rs4343) and AT1R (rs 5182) genetic
polymorphisms on the outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients on captopril …