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Editorial
. 2014 Apr 15;129(15):1548-50.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.008906. Epub 2014 Mar 31.

Vascular risk factors and midlife cognition: rethinking the exposure window

Angela L Jefferson  1
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Editorial

Vascular risk factors and midlife cognition: rethinking the exposure window

Angela L Jefferson. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; blood glucose; cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; hypertension; inhibition (psychology); memory, episodic.

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Hypothetical pathways that may account for the association between worse vascular health and abnormal cognitive changes with age. A, Mediating pathway. B, Successive pathway of injury. C, Epiphenomenon or confound.
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