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ReviewStroke2022

Blood Pressure and Vascular Cognitive Impairment.

Deborah A Levine, Mellanie V Springer, Amy Brodtmann

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In one paragraph

Review in Stroke, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. [Efficacy of β-Blockers in Older Adults With Hypertension Combined With Vascular Dementia].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  9. Cumulative blood pressure exposure and cognition: the potential mediating role of brain volume.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Deborah A LevineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cognitive Health Services Research Program (D.A.L.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.ORCID 0000-0002-6864-8001
Mellanie V SpringerDepartment of Neurology and Stroke Program (D.A.L., M.V.S.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.ORCID 0000-0002-6281-0143
Amy BrodtmannThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia (A.B.).
University of Michigan · USFlorey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health · AU

Funding

DISCOVERY - Statistics and Analysis CoreU19NS115388 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Steven M Greenberg, Natalia S Rost · 2019 to 2026
$75.4M
The Effect of Lower Blood Pressure over the Life Course on Late-life Cognition in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites (BP-COG)R01NS102715 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEVINE, DEBORAH ALLISON · 2017 to 2021
$3.8M
Decision Making for Cardiovascular Therapy in Adults with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentR01AG051827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEVINE, DEBORAH ALLISON · 2016 to 2020
$3.6M
The Effect of Vascular Risk Factors on Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias after Stroke (STROKE COG)RF1AG068410 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEVINE, DEBORAH ALLISON · 2020 to 2020
$3.1M
Partnering with an Urban Safety Net Hospital to Deliver Stroke Preparedness in the Emergency DepartmentK01NS117555 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SPRINGER, MELLANIE V · 2020 to 2024
$1.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG051827NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG068410NINDS NIH HHS K01 NS117555NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102715NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS115388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High blood pressure (BP) is detrimental to brain health. High BP contributes to cognitive impairment and dementia through pathways independent of clinical stroke. Emerging evidence shows that the deleterious effect of high BP on cognition occurs across the life span, increasing the risk for early-onset and late-life dementia. The term vascular cognitive impairment includes cognitive disorders associated with cerebrovascular disease, regardless of the pathogenesis. This focused report is a narrative review that aims to summarize the epidemiology of BP and vascular cognitive impairment, including differences by sex, race, and ethnicity, as well as the management and reversibility of BP and vascular cognitive impairment. It also discusses knowledge gaps and future directions.

Indexed as

Cognition DisordersCognitive DysfunctionDementiaDementia, VascularHypertensionBlood PressureHumansRisk Factorsblood pressuredementiaepidemiologyethnicityknowledge

Identifiers

PMID35264009
PMCPMC9141568
OpenAlexW4221044947

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Registered trials

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