Longitudinal Blood Pressure Patterns from Mid-to-Late Life and Late-life Hearing Loss in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

James TingKening JiangSimo DuJoshua BetzNicholas ReedMelinda C PowerRebecca GottesmanA Richey SharrettMichael GriswoldKeenan A WalkerEdgar Raymond MillerFrank R LinJennifer A Deal

Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2021)

Participants with persistent hypertension had poorer late-life central auditory processing. These findings suggest that hypertension may be more strongly related to hearing-related changes in the brain than in the cochlea.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
hearing loss
hypertensive patients
heart rate
cardiovascular disease
multiple sclerosis
working memory
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
cerebral ischemia
arterial hypertension
blood brain barrier