Hypertension in pregnancy and in midlife and the risk of dementia: prospective study of 1.3 million UK women - PubMed
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- Midlife hypertension is associated with an increased risk of dementia, particularly vascular dementia (VaD), but not Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Hypertension during pregnancy shows only a weak association with dementia risk.
- The study followed 1.3 million UK women over 21 years, identifying 84,729 dementia cases.
- Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) showed midlife hypertension had HR 1.17 for all-cause dementia, HR 1.50 for VaD, and HR 1.01 for AD.
- Hypertension in pregnancy had HR 1.04 for dementia risk, indicating minimal impact.