| Title: | Association of systolic blood pressure and body mass index with cognitive and structural brain phenotypes in UK Biobank |
| Author: | Ferguson et al |
| Journal: | Journal of Hypertension (2020) |
| Published: | 11 May 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32665523/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002579 |
| URL: | https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000002579 |
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Summary
This paper looks at whether higher body mass index and systolic blood pressure are associated with worse cognitive abilities like memory, reasoning, reaction time and/or executive function. We show associations between these factors, and in particular that a range of brain structural features mediate the link, in particular grey matter in the frontal lobes, and white matter hyperintensities, which can be a marker of brain vascular health.1 Application
| Application ID | |
|---|---|
| 17689 | Genetic, environmental and lifestyle predictors of brain/cognitive-related outcomes. |
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