Poor memory indicator for risk of stroke

Poor memory indicator for risk of stroke

 

New research results concluded that weak memory and other mental skills problems may be one of the early indications of increased risk of blood clots.

According to the website "health to" specialized group of medical researchers conducted a test to remember words 17770 people volunteers, while another test on the articulate verbal wehwakhtbar is intended to measure the brain's Executive skills. And then the participants were aged over 40, and five-who were a stroke twice annually over 4.5 years.

After the next period, 129 people who had their first test in clots and 123 participants in the second test. Researchers found that those who have access to less than 20% in the first test were were more likely b 3.5 times for injuries that result from clots over who owned more than 20%. And increase the ratio to 9.4 times of aged over 50 years.

For those who may have the second test had received less than 20% were 3.6 times more likely to develop a stroke than those who got less.

Dr. Abraham said "l" from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, is the search to "find ways to avoid a blood clot and know people who brings them more at risk of clots are critical to public health."