ArticleNeurology2020
Systolic blood pressure postural changes variability is associated with greater dementia risk.
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- Orthostatic blood pressure trajectories characterize heterogeneous disease progression in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neurology · 2026Article
- The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension 2025 (JSH2025).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure Postural Changes Variability Is Associated With Lower Cognition: The S.AGES Cohort.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- The prevalence of orthostatic intolerance, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and orthostatic hypotension in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Quantitative analysis of systemic perfusion and cerebral blood flow in the modeling of aging and orthostatic hypotension.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Role of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Development of Dementia in People With and Without Cardiovascular Disease.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2023Article
- Blood Pressure Variability and Cognitive Function: a Scoping Review.Current hypertension reports · 2022Article
- From Normal Cognition to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Impact of Orthostatic Hypotension.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether orthostatic hypotension (OHYPO) and visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) postural changes variability are associated with incident dementia.
methodsWe studied 2,131 older adults from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition cohort study. Orthostatic BP was repeatedly assessed over a 5-year baseline period. OHYPO was defined as a fall ≥15 mm Hg in systolic or ≥7 mm Hg in diastolic BP after standing from a sitting position for one-third or more of the visits. Systolic OHYPO and diastolic OHYPO were also examined separately. BP postural changes variability over time was evaluated with several indicators, including SD and coefficient of variation (CV). Incident dementia was determined over 12 years after the baseline period by dementia medication use, ≥1.5 SD decline in Modified Mini-Mental State Examination score, or hospitalization records.
resultsOf 2,131 participants (mean age 73 years, 53% female, 39% Black), 309 (14.5%) had OHYPO, 192 (9.0%) had systolic OHYPO, 132 (6.2%) had diastolic OHYPO, and 462 (21.7%) developed dementia. After adjustment for demographics, seated systolic BP (SBP), antihypertensive drugs, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, depressive symptoms, smoking, alcohol, body mass index, and presence of 1 or 2
conclusionSystolic OHYPO and visit-to-visit SBP postural changes variability were associated with greater dementia risk. Our findings raise the question of potential preventive interventions to control orthostatic SBP and its fluctuations.
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