Blood pressure screening in midlife aids in prediction of dementia later in life.

Background: There is substantial evidence that midlife hypertension is a risk factor for late life dementia. Our aim was to investigate if even high blood pressure at a single timepoint in midlife can predict an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), or vascular dementia (VaD) later in life.

Methods: The community-based study population comprised 30,102 dementia-free individuals from the .