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Gender-specific risk scores for dementia were developed and tested.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The study consisted of 74 855 patients, of whom 3550 patients (incidence rate: 4.74%) developed dementia over a median follow-up of 112 months (IQR= [59.8\u2013168]). Nonlinear associations between diastolic\/systolic BP measurements and the time to dementia presentation were identified. Gender-specific dichotomized clinical scores were developed for males (age, hypertension, diastolic and systolic BP and their measures of variability) and females (age, prior cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, stroke, mean corpuscular volume, monocyte, neutrophil, urea, creatinine, diastolic and systolic BP and their measures of variability). They showed high predictive strengths for both male (hazard ratio [HR]: 12.83, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 11.15\u201314.33, P value\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.0001) and female patients (HR: 26.56, 95% CI: 14.44\u201332.86, P value\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.0001). The constructed gender-specific scores outperformed the simplified systems without considering BP variability (C-statistic: 0.91 vs 0.82), demonstrating the importance of BP variability in dementia development.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Gender-specific clinical risk scores incorporating BP variability can accurately predict incident dementia and can be applied clinically for early disease detection and optimized patient management.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocab173","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,10]],"date-time":"2021-08-10T19:11:28Z","timestamp":1628622688000},"page":"335-347","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Gender-specific clinical risk scores incorporating blood pressure variability for predicting incident 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