Frontiers in Medicine

Identification of cognitive impairment in patients with hypertension: a systematic review and critical appraisal of existing models

By Yueliang Sun, Jiankang Wang, Fengling Sun, Jiajuan Guo

Figure 1. Flowchart of study selection. — Figure 1. Flowchart of study selection.Flowchart of study selection.Sun et al.

Systematic review of observational studiesBiomarkers

Independent replication, preregistered CRD420251157136, declared no competing interests

The paper

Yueliang Sun, Jiankang Wang, Fengling Sun, Jiajuan Guo

Changchun University of Chinese Medicine

Frontiers in Medicine, 10 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1858790 PubMed 42638700

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