Systolic Blood Pressure and Cognition in the Elderly: The Northern Manhattan Study1

Increasing evidence suggests that hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. The relationship between blood pressure and cognition in a racially and ethnically diverse population remains unclear.To study association of blood pressure with cognition cross-sectionally and longitudinally in the elderly.Participants are stroke-free individuals from the racially and ethnically diverse Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) (n =...