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Adverse Social Determinants of Health Linked to Treatment-resistant Hypertension in Black Americans

DAIC

Launched in 2016, the NINDS’s Mind Your Risks campaign highlights the link between high blood pressure and dementia, particularly among Black men ages 28-45 and provides strategies for preventing and mitigating the effect of high blood pressure on brain and cardiovascular health.

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APOE4 & Cardiovascular Risk

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Being a carrier of the APOE4 gene variant is associated with higher rates of the most common type of dementia, late-onset dementia. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. Epub 2016 Jun 9.

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Abstract 69: Epigenetic Age and Brain Health Events: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study

Stroke Journal

In 2016, participants provided blood samples and methylation and genomic data was generated. BHe was a composite of stroke, dementia and late-life depression. Stage 1 entailed testing for association between BHe prior to 2016 (exposure) and epigenetic age (outcome). Results:Results are summarized in the Figure.

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Abstract 262: National Trends of 90?day Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Diabetics following Transient Ischemic Attack

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

from 2016‐2019 and secondary diagnosis of T2DM. Data was weighted to allow for representative nationwide estimates.ResultsWe identified 426,549 patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of TIA between 2016 and 2019. The primary diagnosis of the readmission was used to identify the etiology of readmission.

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Abstract 139: Association between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Non-Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage

Stroke Journal

We therefore tested this relationship in a large, heterogeneous sample of patients from across the US.Methods:We performed a retrospective cohort study using administrative claims data from hospitalizations in 11 states in the US between 2016 and 2019. age cut-off for the diagnosis of CAA. During a median follow up of 2.0 years (IQR, 1.0-3.9),

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Heart Failure – Does Testosterone Hold the Key?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So people with heart failure are going to be more prone to kidney failure and dementia and strokes and muscle wasting and anaemia and they may also develop hormonal deficiencies and these complications will have an additional negative effect on both quality and quantity of life.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Dementia Up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by focusing on modifiable risk factors 11. Those with high blood pressure from midlife have twice the risk of developing dementia over a 25-year follow-up 12. In most Western populations, dementia consistently ranks as a leading cause of death. Med Sci Sports Exerc.