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Blood pressure around age 40 tied to brain size at age 70

Higher and rising blood pressure in early middle age was associated with brain volume and white matter brain lesions later in life, a longitudinal study in Britain showed.

High blood pressure (≥140/90 mmHg) and large increases in blood pressure from ages 36 to 53 were tied to smaller brain volume and more white matter hyperintensities around age 70, reported Jonathan Schott, MD, of University College London, and colleagues in the Lancet Neurology.