{
  "id": 4696588,
  "title": "Long-term intensive blood-pressure control reduces dementia risk, community-led trial finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/long-term-intensive-blood-pressure-control-reduces-dementia-risk",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T19:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-term-intensive-blood-pressure-dementia.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A large-scale community trial in rural China has found that an intensive blood pressure-lowering program significantly reduces the risk of dementia, according to results presented at ESC Congress 2026. The China Rural Hypertension Control Program (CRHCP) studied 33,995 adults aged 40 or over with untreated systolic blood pressure of at least 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or higher. The trial, led by nonphysician community health care providers, aimed to lower blood pressure to a goal of SBP <130 mmHg and DBP <80 mmHg. After seven years, the intervention group had a 15% lower risk of dementia (8.85% vs. 10.55%) and cognitive impairment without dementia compared to the usual care group. Additionally, the intervention group experienced a more substantial reduction in blood pressure (17.6 mmHg vs. 2.4 mmHg) and a lower proportion of serious adverse events (47.15% vs. 49.78%). These findings underscore the importance of implementing structured blood pressure management in primary care to prevent dementia at the population level.",
  "summary": "In a community-based trial in rural China, an intensive blood pressure-lowering intervention reduced the incidence of dementia compared with usual care, according to results from the China Rural Hypertension Control Program presented in a Hot Line session at ESC Congress 2026.",
  "key_points": [
    "Intensive blood pressure control in rural China trial",
    "33,995 adults aged 40+ studied for 7 years",
    "15% lower dementia risk in intervention group"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}