The prevention of dementia.
As the population ages dementia is affecting an increasingly large proportion of society. The distinction between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia is becoming increasingly blurred and it has been suggested that cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension may have an impact upon both diseases.
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Epidemiology Research Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. r.peters@ic.ac.uk
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents