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Brain Care Score Predicts Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women
Women with a higher baseline Brain Care Score (BCS) -- an
evidence-based tool designed to motivate lifestyle changes, with higher
scores associated with reduced risk dementia and depression -- had a decreased risk of incident cerebrovascular events, according to a study published in Neurology.
“Our findings underscore that the McCance Brain Care Score
is a valuable tool for predicting cerebrovascular event risk in women,
for whom stroke remains a leading cause of death,” said senior author
Nirupama Yechoor, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts. “Our study further highlights the need for broader,
long-term research across diverse populations and to investigate how
changes in scores over the lifespan impact the risk of stroke and
related events.”
The findings come from an analysis of 21,271 women (median age, 57.9 years) from Women’s Health Study, which comprises women healthcare professionals aged 45 years and older in the United States. Participants without history of cerebrovascular events and complete data available to calculate a BCS and covariates 5 years after enrolment were included.
Participants had a median BCS of 15. Higher BCS reflects better risk factor control, with the minimum score being 0 and the maximum score being 20.
During a median follow-up of 22.4 years, there were 1,294 (6.1%) incident cerebrovascular events cases.
A 5-point higher baseline BCS was associated with a 37% decrease in the risk of incident cerebrovascular events after adjusting for age, menopausal status, use of hormonal replacement therapy, and other known cardiovascular disease risk factors (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.56-0.71). This association remained significant after adjusting for race, educational attainment, and income (HR = 0.64; 95% CI, 0.57-0.72).
There was a 28% decreased risk of incident cerebrovascular events among those with a BCS equal to or above the median compared with those with a BCS below the median, in a fully adjusted model (HR = 0.72; 95% CI, 0.64-0.80).
The researchers said that future studies are needed to study the BCS in more diverse populations and to investigate how changes in BCS across the lifespan affect risk of cerebrovascular events.
Reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213674
SOURCE: Mass General Brigham
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