Cardiovascular disease correlates very well with incidence of dementia, and this is well demonstrated via analysis of epidemiological data in papers such as the one noted here. Disruption of the flow of blood to the brain is a possible causal mechanism, but one can also consider that both classes of condition are driven by the same underlying processes, such as chronic inflammation. More generally, aspects of aging correlate because aging is an accumulation of damage throughout the body and damaged systems tend to become dysfunctional and fail. The correlation between cardiovascular disease and dementia is strong enough, however, to suggest an additional <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/arc…
Cardiovascular Disease Correlates Robustly with Dementia Risk
Cardiovascular disease correlates very well with incidence of dementia, and this is well demonstrated via analysis of epidemiological data in papers such as the one noted here. Disruption of the flow of blood to the brain is a possible causal mechanism, but one can also consider that both classes of condition are driven by the same underlying processes, such as chronic inflammation. More generally, aspects of aging correlate because aging is an accumulation of damage throughout the body and damaged systems tend to become dysfunctional and fail. The correlation between cardiovascular disease and dementia is strong enough, however, to suggest an additional <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/arc…