People with high blood pressure are likely to have memory problems after the age of 45 years.
People with high blood pressure are likely to have memory problems after the age of 45 years.
To study the relationship between blood pressure and memory impairment, researchers studied 19,836 American people aged 45 years or more, who did not have prior stroke or a history of transient ischaemic attacks. During a home visit, BP measurement was taken as the average of 2 measurements using a standard aneroid sphygmomanometer (BP apparatus). The participants were also assessed for thinking and memory problems.
A total of 1,505 of the participants, or 7.6 percent, had cognitive problems, and 9,844, or 49.6 percent, were taking medication for high blood pressure. It was found that people with high diastolic blood pressure were more apt to have thinking or cognitive impairment, or problems with their memory, than people with normal diastolic blood pressure readings.
For every 10 point increase in the reading, the likelihood of a person having thinking problems was seven percent higher. The results were same even after the researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect cognitive abilities, such as age, smoking status, exercise level, education, diabetes or high cholesterol.
The above findings indicate that high diastolic blood pressure is directly associated with a higher risk of mental and memory problems.
To study the relationship between blood pressure and memory impairment, researchers studied 19,836 American people aged 45 years or more, who did not have prior stroke or a history of transient ischaemic attacks. During a home visit, BP measurement was taken as the average of 2 measurements using a standard aneroid sphygmomanometer (BP apparatus). The participants were also assessed for thinking and memory problems.
A total of 1,505 of the participants, or 7.6 percent, had cognitive problems, and 9,844, or 49.6 percent, were taking medication for high blood pressure. It was found that people with high diastolic blood pressure were more apt to have thinking or cognitive impairment, or problems with their memory, than people with normal diastolic blood pressure readings.
For every 10 point increase in the reading, the likelihood of a person having thinking problems was seven percent higher. The results were same even after the researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect cognitive abilities, such as age, smoking status, exercise level, education, diabetes or high cholesterol.
The above findings indicate that high diastolic blood pressure is directly associated with a higher risk of mental and memory problems.
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