Women with high blood pressure in their forties have a 73 percent higher risk of dementia, a new study has found.
Researchers admitted they were stunned by the extraordinarily high figure – and also to see that the risk only seemed to apply to women.
Even though more men suffer from hypertension, their chance of developing the neurodegenerative disease was unaffected by blood pressure.
Experts warn the findings from Kaiser Permanente in California show gender likely plays a larger role in the disease than we think.
