Changes in blood pressure in those as young as 36 are linked to markers of poorer brain health in later life, finds UCL-led research involving participants of Britain’s oldest running birth cohort study.
The findings from the Insight 46 study are published in The Lancet Neurology.
Insight 46 is a neuroscience sub-study of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), the longest running birth cohort in the UK. Insight 46 is designed to follow over 500 birth cohort members to look for early signs and risk factors for dementia as they reach their 70s.
The study, funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, MRC Dementias Platform UK, Wellcome, Brain Research UK, the Wolfson…
