Midlife vascular health matters: this article previews a cohort study examining how midlife diabetes, hypertension, and smoking relate to later dementia-free survival. It invites readers curious about long-term brain aging and preventable risk patterns.
Key Takeaways
- Having three midlife vascular risk factors raised dementia hazard with an HR of 2.69
- Three risk factors increased the hazard of death without dementia with an HR of 5.61
- Dementia-free survival dropped from 30.1 years with zero risks to 17.5 years with three risks