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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Men who experienced their first CHD more than a decade prior had even lower scores for reasoning, vocabulary and semantic fluency (categorizing words).
The risk of declining performance in the realm of reasoning went down by about 30 percent for every five years after a diagnosis of CHD.
Women with a longer history of CHD showed a trend for lower scores in semantic fluency, but the data here was based on a smaller number of people.
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The authors don't yet know what the biological mechanisms behind this connection might be.
Also unclear from the study was how these changes in cognitive performance affected actual day-to-day function and quality of life, Kotrla said.
But the take-home message is still a familiar one: People should focus on preventing CHD by not smoking and avoiding or controlling diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. And the focus should start early, before it's too late.
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Visit the American Heart Association for more on coronary heart disease.
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