Association between electrocardiographic age and cognitive function: findings from the UK biobank and Framingham Heart Study
Electrocardiogram-derived age acceleration is associated with poorer cognitive performance across two independent cohorts. Electrocardiogram-based ageing metrics may serve as scalable, low-cost digital markers to identify individuals at elevated risk for cognitive decline.
Authors
- S. Li
- Huitong Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-3087)
- Bernard Ofosuhene
- Trevor Vigeant
- Honghuang Lin
- Heaven Y Tatere
- Alexander Bennett
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Amherst College (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Framingham Heart Study (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal - Digital Health
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztag034
- Primary Topic
- ECG Monitoring and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute