Vascular risk factors as predictors of epilepsy in older age: The Framingham Heart Study.

Maria Stefanidou Jayanadra J Himali Orrin DevinskyJose R RomeroMohammad Arfan IkramAlexa S Beiser Sudha Seshadri Daniel Friedman

Published in: Epilepsia (2021)

Our results offer further evidence that hypertension, a potentially modifiable and highly prevalent vascular risk factor in the general population, increases 2- to 2.5-fold the risk of developing late-onset epilepsy.

Keyphrases

late onset
risk factors
early onset
blood pressure
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
community dwelling