High blood pressure reduces intelligence

Due to high pressure in the arteries supplying blood to the head and neck area, a person’s cognitive abilities are reduced: memory, perception, attention, imagination, decision-making. This conclusion was reached by researchers from Swinburne University in Melbourne.

The experiment involved just under 500 people from 20 to 82 years old. After completing the task, the volunteers had their pressure measured in the brachial and central arteries. It turned out that increased pressure in the brachial artery reduces the ability to perceive and analyze visual information.

Increased pressure in the main artery affects other indicators of productive brain function. The researchers concluded that central blood pressure can be considered one of the indicators of cognitive aging.

Thus, measuring central aortic systolic pressure is more accurate in determining the likelihood of frailty than brachial artery blood pressure.

Source: likar.info