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High blood pressure, diabetes and obesity each linked to unhealthy brains
https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/hi...ains/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
A study published in the European Heart Journal examined the associations between seven vascular risk factors and differences in the structures of parts of the brain. The strongest links were with areas of the brain known to be responsible for our more complex thinking skills, and which deteriorate during the development of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
They looked for associations between brain structure and one or more vascular risk factors, which included smoking, high blood pressure, high pulse pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, and obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio.
They found that, with the exception of high cholesterol levels, all of the other vascular risk factors were linked to greater brain shrinkage, less grey matter (tissue found mainly on the surface of the brain) and less healthy white matter (tissue in deeper parts of the brain).
The more vascular risk factors a person had, the poorer was their brain health.
...............other than that, everything is fine and dandy
https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/hi...ains/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
A study published in the European Heart Journal examined the associations between seven vascular risk factors and differences in the structures of parts of the brain. The strongest links were with areas of the brain known to be responsible for our more complex thinking skills, and which deteriorate during the development of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
They looked for associations between brain structure and one or more vascular risk factors, which included smoking, high blood pressure, high pulse pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, and obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio.
They found that, with the exception of high cholesterol levels, all of the other vascular risk factors were linked to greater brain shrinkage, less grey matter (tissue found mainly on the surface of the brain) and less healthy white matter (tissue in deeper parts of the brain).
The more vascular risk factors a person had, the poorer was their brain health.
...............other than that, everything is fine and dandy