Singapore, Nov. 10 -- Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have identified four proteins in the blood that could potentially help identify people at higher risk of worsening cerebrovascular disease, cognitive decline, serious heart and stroke-related events, and mortality.

Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, the study analysed more than 1,400 proteins in blood samples spanning two Singapore-based research cohorts. The researchers identified novel blood protein signatures that were consistently associated with cerebrovascular disease and poorer health outcomes.

Cerebrovascular disease affects the brain's blood vessels and can ca...