Coronary artery disease is associated with an increased risk of dementia

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Portrait of Chengxuan Qiu in a suit against a neutral background

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Chengxuan Qiu, Aging Research Center (ARC), Department of Neuroscience, Health Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet. Photo: Stefan Zimmermann

We used statistical methods to associate ischemic heart disease at the start of the study with an increased risk of dementia and a faster rate of cognitive change during the follow-up period, explains Chengxuan Qiuin the Department of Neurobiology, Health Sciences, and Society, Division of the Aging Research Center (ARC) and one of the study’s authors.

Exploring cognitive processes

Future studies should explore the cognitive pathway after the onset of ischemic heart disease and further investigate the extent to which medical treatments for the disease affect cognitive decline and the onset of dementia.

The SNAC-K project, which forms the basis of this study, is supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs. This study received additional funding from the Swedish Research Council, FORTE and STINT.

Publishing

Association of ischemic heart disease with long-term risk for cognitive decline and dementia: a cohort study. Yumi Imahori, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Peter Longman, Erika Johnson-Lauka, Jing Wu, Giulia Grande, Deborah Rizzuto, Laura Frattiglione, Qingchuan Qiu. Alzheimer’s and dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer’s Associationonline 23 May 2023 doi: 10.1002/alz.13114.