Cardiovascular disease and cumulative incidence of cognitive impairment in the Health and Retirement Study

Abstract Background We sought to examine whether people with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) experienced a greater incidence of subsequent cognitive impairment (CI) compared to people without CVD, as suggested by prior studies, using a large longitudinal cohort. Methods We employed Healt...

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Main Authors: Allyson L. Covello, Leora I. Horwitz, Shreya Singhal, Caroline S. Blaum, Yi Li, John A. Dodson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02191-0