Ayumi Tachibana, Jun-Ichi Iga, Yasuko Tatewaki, Benjamin Thyreau, Hongkun Chen, Tomoki Ozaki, Taku Yoshida, Yuta Yoshino, Hideaki Shimizu, Takaaki Mori, Yoshihiko Furuta, Mao Shibata, Tomoyuki Ohara, Jun Hata, Yasuyuki Taki, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Tetsuya Maeda, Kenjiro Ono, Masaru Mimura, Kenji Nakashima, Minoru Takebayashi, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Shu-Ichi Ueno
BACKGROUND: Enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) of the brain may be involved in dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Hypertension has been reported to be a risk factor for dementia and CSVD, but the association between blood pressure (BP) and perivascular spaces is still unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the association between BP and EPVS volumes and to examine the interactions of relevant factors. METHODS: A total of 9296 community-dwelling subjects aged ≥65 years participated in a brain magnetic resonance imaging and health status screening examination...
August 3, 2023: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology