Daily Archives: August 27, 2019

Optimized BP Thresholds According to Risks

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A Korean population-based cohort study suggests that intensive blood pressure (BP) control is appropriate for reducing all-cause mortality in addition to cardiorenal risk in higher- rather than lower-risk patients. A total of 1 402 975 adults aged 40 to 79 years who had no known cardiorenal disease were included from 2002 to […]

Lifestyles, Genetics and Dementia

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A prospective population-based cohort study in the Netherlands suggests that in individuals at low and intermediate genetic risk, favorable modifiable-risk profiles are associated with a lower risk of dementia compared to unfavorable profiles. However, these protective associations were not found in those at high genetic risk. The study included 6,352 […]