Vigourous physical activity could lower risk of dementia among people with high BP: Study

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Physical activity could help older people with high blood pressure lower their risk of dementia, a new research has found...

Previous studies have found that people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, are at an increased risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, in which an individual's memory and thinking abilities are affected, severely impacting their daily lives...

In this study, researchers at Wake Forest University, US, examined how physical activity impacted the risk of mild cognitive impairment (preceding stage of dementia) in older people with hypertension...

"While this study provides evidence that vigorous exercise may preserve cognitive function in high-risk patients with hypertension, more research is needed to include device-based physical activity measurements and more diverse participant populations," said Kazibwe, lead author of the study published in Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association...

In 2019, results of the 'Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Memory and Cognition in Decreased Hypertension' (SPRINT MIND) study showed that intensively treating blood pressure in older people significantly reduced the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment..

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