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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2020

The Effects of Lower BP Goals on Cognitive Function in the Elderly.

Zeke Zamora, Jeff D Williamson

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The heart-brain team: neurocardiologyArchivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zeke ZamoraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. ezamora@wakehealth.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9812-8082
Jeff D WilliamsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo review the research on the impact of blood pressure control on prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia. RECENT

findingsObservational evidence has shown an association between hypertension and cognitive impairment. However, clinical trial results of blood pressure lowering have been inconclusive, likely due to inadequate cognitive assessment, blood pressure difference between groups, and follow-up duration. SPRINT-MIND showed a 19% reduction in mild cognitive impairment (14.6 vs 18.3 per 1000 person-years; HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.67-0.95), the earliest manifestation of dementia, with intensive blood pressure control. There was a statistically non-significant 17% reduction in the risk of probable dementia (HR 0.83, 95% CI 0.67-1.04). The progress of clinical trials testing the impact of blood pressure reduction on cardiovascular disease incidence has helped inform large trial testing of this intervention's impact on cognitive decline and dementia. SPRINT MIND demonstrated a positive effect of intensive blood pressure control on risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and though the effect size was similar to MCI, the result was statistically non-significant possibly due to early termination of the intervention. Extension of follow-up may increase the number of new cases of dementia, producing a more conclusive result for dementia.

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Cognitive DysfunctionHypertensionAgedBlood PressureCognitionGoalsHumansDementiaElderlyHypertension

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