Owen T. Carmichael

Midlife depressive symptoms, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and obesity modify the association of long-term vascular risk factor variability from childhood with midlife cognitive function: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Background Variability of vascular risk factors (VRFs) is linked to increased dementia risk. Whether midlife depression, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidemia modify the association between VRF variability from childhood and midlife cognitive function (CF) is unclear. Methods Bogalusa Heart Study p...