Fig. 1. Flowchart of main analyses.
General cognitive function was represented by the first unrotated principal component of cognitive scores from 3 or more domains. Abbreviation DSST digit symbol substitution test, ARIC Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, CHS Cardiovascular Heart Study, FHS Framingham Heart Study, AGES age, gene/environment susceptibility – Reykjavik, BLSA Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, MESA multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, CARDIA Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults, LBC Lothian Birth Cohort, MR Mendelian randomization.