Blood pressure from mid‐ to late life and risk of incident dementia

Objective:

To determine the association between blood pressure during midlife (40–64 years) to late life (≥65 years) and risk of incident dementia.

Methods:

This study included 1,440 (758 women, mean age 69 ± 6 years) Framingham Offspring participants who were free of dementia and attended 5 consecutive examinations at 4-year intervals starting at midlife (1983–1987, mean age 55 years) until late life (1998–2001, mean 69 years)...