Optimal cardiovascular health is associated with slower cognitive decline.
Naomi Vidal FerreiraNatalia Gomes GonçalvesClaudia SzlejfAlessandra de Carvalho GoulartItamar de Souza SantosBruce Bartholow DuncanMaria Inês SchmidtSandhi Maria BarretoPaulo CaramelliNatan FeterRaphael Machado do CastilhosLuciano Ferreira DragerPaulo LotufoIsabela Judith Martins BensenorClaudia Kimie SuemotoPublished in: European journal of neurology (2023)
Higher baseline LE8 scores were associated with slower global and domain-specific cognitive decline during 8 years of follow-up, mainly due to health factors such as blood glucose and blood pressure. Sociodemographic factors were modifiers of this association.