Paola Gilsanz1, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda1, M Maria Glymour1, Charles P Quesenberry1, Dan M Mungas1, Charles DeCarli1, Alexander Dean1, Rachel A Whitmer2. 1. From the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (P.G., C.P.Q., A.D., R.A.W.), Oakland; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (P.G., E.R.M., M.M.G., R.A.W.), University of California, San Francisco; Department of Epidemiology (E.R.M.), Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; and Department of Neurology (D.M.M., C.D.), University of California Davis, Sacramento. 2. From the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (P.G., C.P.Q., A.D., R.A.W.), Oakland; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (P.G., E.R.M., M.M.G., R.A.W.), University of California, San Francisco; Department of Epidemiology (E.R.M.), Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; and Department of Neurology (D.M.M., C.D.), University of California Davis, Sacramento. Rachel.Whitmer@kp.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of early-adulthood and mid-adulthood hypertension with dementia in men and women. METHODS: We evaluated 5,646 members of a diverse integrated health care delivery system who had clinical examinations and health survey data from 1964 to 1973 (mean age 32.7 years; early adulthood) and 1978-1985 (mean age 44.3 years; mid-adulthood) and were members as of January 1, 1996 (mean age 59.8 years). Hypertension categories based on measurements of blood pressure (BP) and change in hypertension categories between the 2 examinations (e.g., onset hypertension) were used to predict dementia incidence from January 1, 1996, to September 30, 2015. Cox proportional hazard models were adjusted for demographics, vascular comorbidities, and hypertension treatment; inverse probability weighting accounted for differential attrition between first BP measurement and start of follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 532 individuals (9.4%) were diagnosed with dementia. Early adulthood hypertension was not associated with dementia, though effect estimates were elevated among women. Mid-adulthood hypertension was associated with 65% (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.25-2.18) increased dementia risk among women but not men. Onset of hypertension in mid-adulthood predicted 73% higher dementia risk in women (95% CI 1.24-2.40) compared to stable normotensive. There was no evidence that hypertension or changes in hypertension increased dementia risk among men. CONCLUSIONS: Though midlife hypertension was more common in men, it was only associated with dementia risk in women. Sex differences in the timing of dementia risk factors have important implications for brain health and hypertension management.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of early-adulthood and mid-adulthood hypertension with dementia in men and women. METHODS: We evaluated 5,646 members of a diverse integrated health care delivery system who had clinical examinations and health survey data from 1964 to 1973 (mean age 32.7 years; early adulthood) and 1978-1985 (mean age 44.3 years; mid-adulthood) and were members as of January 1, 1996 (mean age 59.8 years). Hypertension categories based on measurements of blood pressure (BP) and change in hypertension categories between the 2 examinations (e.g., onset hypertension) were used to predict dementia incidence from January 1, 1996, to September 30, 2015. Cox proportional hazard models were adjusted for demographics, vascular comorbidities, and hypertension treatment; inverse probability weighting accounted for differential attrition between first BP measurement and start of follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 532 individuals (9.4%) were diagnosed with dementia. Early adulthood hypertension was not associated with dementia, though effect estimates were elevated among women. Mid-adulthood hypertension was associated with 65% (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.25-2.18) increased dementia risk among women but not men. Onset of hypertension in mid-adulthood predicted 73% higher dementia risk in women (95% CI 1.24-2.40) compared to stable normotensive. There was no evidence that hypertension or changes in hypertension increased dementia risk among men. CONCLUSIONS: Though midlife hypertension was more common in men, it was only associated with dementia risk in women. Sex differences in the timing of dementia risk factors have important implications for brain health and hypertension management.
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