Frailty as a Modifier of the Associations Between Vascular Risk Factors and Incident Dementia
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The authors aimed to investigate how frailty modifies the relationship between late-life vascular risk factors, specifically hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, and the risk of developing dementia in older adults. Their findings revealed that hypertension was associated with a higher dementia risk in robust individuals, while prefrail/frail participants showed a lower relative risk, suggesting that blood pressure management may need to consider an individual's functional status to support brain health.
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