Better cardiovascular health among middle-aged Black women linked to less decline in cognition

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Better heart health was linked to less decline in mental processing speed and cognition among middle-aged Black women, although not among middle-aged white women, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Better heart health was linked to less decline in mental processing speed and cognition among middle-aged Black women, although not among middle-aged white women, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Imke Janssen, Ph.D., study lead author, professor of family and preventive medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago In this study, researchers compared key heart health metrics, known as the American Heart Associations' Life's Essential 8, among middle-aged Black and white women to cognitive testing conducted on the women every one to two years over a 20-year period.

The cognitive tests assessed processing speed and working memory. Processing speed is the pace at which the brain has accurate recognition of visual and verbal information and is necessary for daily activities such as driving. In this study, cognitive processing speed was assessed as quickly and accurately recognizing sets of numbers, objects, pictures or patterns.

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