articleNeurologyAug 1, 2011BRONZE OA

Midlife vascular risk factor exposure accelerates structural brain aging and cognitive decline

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Abstract

Objective

Our aim was to test the association of vascular risk factor exposure in midlife with progression of MRI markers of brain aging and measures of cognitive decline.

Methods

A total of 1,352 participants without dementia from the prospective Framingham Offspring Cohort Study were examined. Multivariable linear and logistic regressions were implemented to study the association of midlife vascular risk factor exposure with longitudinal change in white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV), total brain volume (TBV), temporal horn volume, logical memory delayed recall, visual reproductions delayed-recall (VR-d), and Trail-Making Test B-A (TrB-A) performance a decade later.

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Authors

8

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Cognitive decline
  • Internal medicine
  • Risk factor
  • Dementia
  • Brain size
  • Odds ratio
  • Cardiology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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