Hypertension increases the probability of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment in an Arab community in northern Israel

SD Israeli-Korn, M Masarwa, E Schechtman… - …, 2010 - karger.com
Background: We aimed to determine whether vascular risk factors are associated with
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in an elderly Arab population …

Estimating the risk for conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease in an elderly Arab community

R Inzelberg, M Massarwa… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: Vascular risk factors and lack of formal education may increase the risk of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objective: To determine the contribution of vascular risk factors …

Vascular risk factors aggravate the progression of Alzheimer's disease: a 3-year follow-up study of Chinese population

J Qiao, WH Lu, J Wang, XJ Guo… - American Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To explore the correlation of vascular risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in
Chinese population. Methods: A total of 123 outpatients with probable AD followed up for 3 …

Hypertension and the risk of mild cognitive impairment

C Reitz, MX Tang, J Manly, R Mayeux… - Archives of …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To explore whether hypertension is associated with the risk of mild cognitive
impairment (MCI), an intermediate stage of dementia, because there are conflicting data …

Vascular risk factors and progression in Alzheimer's disease

H Sakurai, H Hanyu, T Sato, H Kanetaka… - Geriatrics & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To determine whether vascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes and
hypercholesterolemia affect the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: We …

Aggregation of vascular risk factors and risk of incident Alzheimer disease

JA Luchsinger, C Reitz, LS Honig, MX Tang, S Shea… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Background: The prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is increasing in the elderly, and
vascular risk factors may increase its risk. Objective: To explore the association of the …

No association between hypertension and risk for Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

JW Guan, CQ Huang, YH Li, CM Wan… - Journal of …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
This study examined the association between hypertension and AD by using a quantitative
meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched for articles …

Relation of blood pressure to risk of incident Alzheimer's disease and change in global cognitive function in older persons

RC Shah, RS Wilson, JL Bienias, Z Arvanitakis… - …, 2005 - karger.com
Purpose: To examine the relation of systolic and diastolic blood pressure to incident
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and rate of cognitive change. Methods: Longitudinal cohort study …

Risk of dementia hospitalisation associated with cardiovascular risk factors in midlife and older age: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

A Alonso, TH Mosley, RF Gottesman… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with a higher risk of developing
dementia. Studies in older populations, however, have often failed to show this relationship …

Adverse vascular risk is related to cognitive decline in older adults

AL Jefferson, TJ Hohman, D Liu… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related risk factors are associated with
Alzheimer's disease (AD). This association is less well-defined in normal cognition (NC) or …