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The association of multiple anti-hypertensive medication classes with Alzheimer's disease incidence across sex, race, and ethnicity.

Douglas BartholdGeoffrey JoyceWhitney WhartonPatrick KehoeJulie Zissimopoulos
Published in: PloS one (2018)
Hypertension management treatments that include RAS-acting ARBs may, in addition to lowering blood pressure, reduce AD risk, particularly for white and black women and white men. Additional studies and clinical trials that include men and women from different racial and ethnic groups are needed to confirm these findings. Understanding the potentially beneficial effects of certain RAS-acting AHTs in high-risk populations is of great importance.
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