{"id":2000113227,"date":"2026-05-27T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000113227"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:31:26","slug":"irregular-blood-pressure-tied-to-poorer-brain-health-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/irregular-blood-pressure-tied-to-poorer-brain-health-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular blood pressure tied to poorer brain health: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The study found that greater variability in blood pressure over a 24-hour period was associated with poorer cognition, including planning, problem solving and memory, said a recent statement from Australia’s Monash University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher average blood pressure levels were also linked to greater evidence of vascular brain injury, according to the research published in the journal Neurology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Even a modest increase in blood pressure variability was linked to lower performance on cognitive tests, equivalent to roughly seven years of additional ageing,” said study first author Madeline Gibson, a Monash PhD candidate in clinical neuropsychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These findings add to growing evidence that the heart and brain are closely linked,” Gibson said, adding that midlife is a key window to protect brain health and reduce later cognitive decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The findings suggest that blood pressure linked to subtle brain changes occurring well before memory or thinking problems appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers said abnormal blood pressure patterns may damage the brain’s white matter tracts and disrupt the blood-brain barrier, which protects brain tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The findings highlight the limitations of single clinic-based blood pressure readings, noting that blood pressure naturally fluctuates throughout the day and night, which “may carry important information about brain health.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Researchers in Australia have found that frequent fluctuations in blood pressure could affect cognitive health and contribute to brain changes associated with dementia risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000113228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000113227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000113228,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The study found that greater variability in blood pressure over a 24-hour period was associated with poorer cognition, including planning, problem solving and memory, said a recent statement from Australia's Monash University.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1700,"height":600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","width":150,"height":53},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","width":300,"height":106},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","width":768,"height":271},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","width":1024,"height":361},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Seeking-Care.jpg","width":1700,"height":600}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000113227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000113230,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113227\/revisions\/2000113230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000113228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000113227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000113227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000113227"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000113227"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000113227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}