Tag: Dementia

Dose-dependent response seen with increasing number of cardiometabolic diseases and cognitive decline

Small reduction in risk for dementia seen after the first year for people with zoster versus general population comparators

Medicare spending higher for adults with a formal clinical diagnosis of dementia versus a positive screening for cognitive impairment

Lower gray matter volumes in temporal, frontal, other regions seen in socially isolated individuals

Authors say it is important to assess gait in dementia risk assessments

Highest prevalence seen for high blood pressure and not meeting aerobic physical activity guidelines, followed by obesity

Elevated systolic BP and diabetes mellitus most important vascular risk factors for increased 10-year incident dementia risk at age 55

Larger volume associated with severity of cognitive impairment across Alzheimer disease spectrum

Risk factors most strongly attenuating the association between major TBI and dementia were alcohol consumption, physical activity

Risk factors differ based on sex and race and ethnicity