Hypertension in pregnancy and in midlife and the risk of dementia: prospective study of 1.3 million UK women
Midlife hypertension was associated with long-term all-cause dementia risk. Midlife hypertension was associated with VaD, not AD. Hypertension in pregnancy has little effect on dementia risk.
Authors
- Sarah Floud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6078-9117)
- C Hermon
- Kathryn Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-5307)
- GILLIAN K. REEVES (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-4697)
- William Whiteley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-8991)
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70595
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06
Funders
- Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- Alzheimer's Society
- Cancer Research UK
- University of Oxford