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Dhana A, DeCarli C, Dhana K, Desai P, Ng T, Evans D, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2025 Mar; 8(3):e250527. PMID: 40067299
Importance: Cardiovascular health (CVH), defined by the American Heart Association as Life's Simple 7 to promote a healthy lifestyle and manage vascular risk factors, has been associated with a low...
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Liu X, Akhtar U, Beck T, Dennis K, Evans D, Rajan K
J Prev Alzheimers Dis . 2025 Feb; 12(3):100052. PMID: 40015758
Background: Hearing loss poses a significant global public health concern associated with cognitive decline. Among the many risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD), hearing loss is...
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Ng T, Beck T, Dennis K, Desai P, Krueger K, Dhana K, et al.
J Prev Alzheimers Dis . 2025 Feb; 12(3):100046. PMID: 40015756
Background: There has been contradictory evidence on the prospective associations between social isolation/loneliness (SI/L) and cognitive decline (CD). There is also a scarcity of large and diverse population-based cohort studies...
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Krueger K, Desai P, Beck T, Barnes L, Bond J, DeCarli C, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2025 Feb; 8(2):e2461208. PMID: 39982722
Importance: Socioeconomic status (SES) has an important association with cognitive function and structural brain indices. Identifying the nature of this association will guide strategies for improving health equity. Objective: To...
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Ng T, Udeh-Momoh C, Lim M, Gleerup H, Leifert W, Ajalo C, et al.
Alzheimers Dement . 2024 Dec; 21(2):e14420. PMID: 39737743
There is a pressing need for accessible biomarkers with high diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis to facilitate widespread screening, particularly in underserved groups. Saliva is an emerging specimen...
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Dhana A, DeCarli C, Dhana K, Desai P, Evans D, Rajan K
Neurology . 2024 Dec; 104(1):e210151. PMID: 39661919
Background And Objectives: Hypertension is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor for cognitive function. As blood pressure fluctuates because of aging-related changes, we examined the association between visit-to-visit blood pressure variability...
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Andrews R, Adar S, Szpiro A, Kaufman J, Christopher C, Beck T, et al.
Environ Health Perspect . 2024 Dec; 132(12):127002. PMID: 39641998
Background: Evidence suggests that long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of dementia and related cognitive outcomes. A major source of air pollution is automotive traffic, which is...
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Dhana A, DeCarli C, Dhana K, Desai P, Krueger K, Evans D, et al.
J Am Geriatr Soc . 2024 Dec; 73(3):859-866. PMID: 39625703
Background: Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) refer to memory concerns reported by an individual, regardless of objective test impairment. We conducted a study to evaluate the association of SMCs with serum...
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DeCarli C, Rajan K, Jin L, Hinman J, Johnson D, Harvey D, et al.
Stroke . 2024 Nov; 56(3):758-776. PMID: 39545328
As awareness of dementia increases, more individuals with minor cognitive complaints are requesting clinical assessment. Neuroimaging studies frequently identify incidental white matter hyperintensities, raising patient concerns about their brain health...
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Ng T, Beck T, Desai P, Dhana K, Wilson R, Evans D, et al.
Alzheimers Dement (Amst) . 2024 Oct; 16(4):e70002. PMID: 39435276
Introduction: It is unclear whether inflammation, that is, high interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, and genetic risk, that is, apolipoprotein E () ε4 allele, have a compounding effect on cognitive decline (CD)....