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P23-048-23 The Association Between Overall Cardiovascular Health Assessed by Life’ s Essential 8 and Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Men and Women in the InCHIANTI Study of Aging Xin Li1, Yichen Jin2, Stefania Bandinelli3, Luigi Ferrucci4, Toshiko Tanaka4, Sameera Talegawkar2 1George Washington University 2Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University 3Geriatric Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Firenze (ASF) 4Longitudinal study section, Translation Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging Objectives: To examine the association between overall cardiovascular health (CVH), assessed by the new Life’ s Essential 8 (LE8) metric, and dementia among community-dwelling older adults in rural Italy. Methods: A secondary data analysis was performed using data from 928 InCHIANTI study participants (55% female …