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Correlation between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline
Giovambattista Desideri, Raffaella Bocale. European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology, 2021-10-08
Topic: Brain imaging, connectivity and assessment
The number of people suffering from dementia in the world is progressively increasing due to the expansion of the geriatric population in which this clinical condition is more frequent. The appearance of a variable degree of cognitive decline up to full-blown dementia does not, however, represent the inevitable fate of those who age, as the studies conducted in the centenarians clearly indicate. Indeed, the age-specific incidence of dementia has progressively decreased in many geographical areas, probably due to an improvement in lifestyles and health care. In fact, a growing number of scientific evidence shows how chronic exposure over the course of life, starting from young adulthood, to various risk factors-arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, tobacco smoke, sleep disorders-contribute significantly to the development of cognitive decline and dementia in the course of senescence. These risk factors, in fact, can trigger and amplify the various neuropathological mechanisms underlying the development of decline, progressively reducing the functional reserve of the brain. Although definitive evidence deriving from ad hoc intervention studies is not currently available, it is legitimate to assert that the early control of cardiovascular risk factors can represent today the most effective tool for the prevention of dementia.
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Desideri, G., & Bocale, R. (2021). Correlation between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline. European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab095
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Desideri G, Bocale R. Correlation between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline. European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology. 2021. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/suab095. PMID: 34650359.
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@article{desideri2021-34650359,
author = {Desideri, Giovambattista and Bocale, Raffaella},
title = {{Correlation between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline}},
journal = {European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1093/eurheartj/suab095},
pmid = {34650359},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab095}
}
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- In fact, a growing number of scientific evidence shows how chronic exposure over the course of life, starting from young adulthood, to various risk factors-arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, tobacco smoke, sleep disorders-contribute significantly to the development of cognitive decline and dementia in the course of senescence.
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How this study scored 41/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 41 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2021 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
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| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 34650359) |
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| Points | 23 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 41 out of 100. |
| Total | 41 / 100 | — |
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