The risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in later life is increased for individuals with high blood pressure, especially middle-aged adults. This is the conclusion of a scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published in the journal Hypertension.

Around 75 million adults – or 1 in 3 adults – in the United States have high blood pressure, orhypertension.

Some well-established complications of high blood pressure include stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. Increasingly, researchers have uncovered strong evidence of a link between hypertension and cognitive decline.

In particular, studies have suggested high blood pressure is a risk factor for vascular cognitive impairment, or vascular dementia – defined as a decline in brain function as a result of impaired blood flow to the brain.

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