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Brachial Flow-mediated Dilation and Risk of Dementia: The Cardiovascular Health Study.
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- Peripheral vascular function, including endothelium-dependent measures, and dementia risk: The Framingham Heart Study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Peripheral Microvascular and Endothelial Dysfunction as Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Small Vessel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Serum NfL and GFAP are associated with incident dementia and dementia mortality in older adults: The cardiovascular health study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.Vascular health and risk management · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionBrachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a physiologic measure of endothelial function. We determined the prospective association of brachial FMD with incident dementia among older adults.
methodsWe included 2777 Cardiovascular Health Study participants who underwent brachial FMD measurement. Incident dementia was ascertained by medication use, International Classification of Diseases-9 codes, requirement for a proxy, and death certificates and calibrated to gold-standard assessments performed in a subset of the cohort.
resultsMean participant age at time of brachial FMD measurement was 77.9 years. We identified 1650 incident dementia cases (median follow-up=10.5 y). After adjusting for age, race, sex, education, clinic site, and baseline arterial diameter, risk of dementia for participants in the highest quartile of percent brachial FMD did not differ from those in lowest quartile (hazard ratio=0.89, 95% confidence interval: 0.77, 1.03).
conclusionsBrachial FMD, measured late in life, is not associated with an increased risk of incident dementia.
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