Population attributable fractions for risk factors for dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: an analysis using cross-sectional survey data

Summary: Background: Nine potentially modifiable risk factors (less childhood education, midlife hearing loss, hypertension, and obesity, and later-life smoking, depression, physical inactivity, social isolation, and diabetes) account for 35% of worldwide dementia, but most data to calculate these...

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Main Authors: Naaheed Mukadam, PhD, Andrew Sommerlad, MSc, Jonathan Huntley, PhD, Gill Livingston, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19300749