Elevated blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with lower cognitive scores in older adults. That link is more profound in older, Black adults, according to a new study. Anisa Dhana, PhD, a ...

DALLAS, TX — Visit-to-visit variation in systolic blood pressure (BP) and mean heart rate (HR) are both independently related to cognitive dysfunction and decline in patients at high cardiovascular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Greater blood pressure variability over time was linked to lower cognitive scores in older adults. The link ...

Even when blood pressure is well controlled, older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates widely from one heartbeat to the next may be at greater risk for brain shrinkage and nerve cell injury, ...

Spontaneous fluctuations of blood pressure from visit to visit have usually been disregarded as a trivial factor that confounds the 'true' associations of an individual's long-term average blood ...

Older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates over time may be more likely to have problems with thinking and memory skills, according to a study published in the December 11, 2024, online issue of ...

Recent research has identified a novel DNA region tied to frailty and found that nocturnal blood pressure variability correlates with frailty in older hypertensive adults. These findings, alongside ...

Previous research showed that blood pressure variability is linked to poorer thinking skills in white people. A new study extends these findings by examining the link in both white and Black people ...

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