Real benefit of a protective factor against dementia: Importance of controlling for death. Example of sport practice.

To analyse the impact of a risk factor on several epidemiological indicators of death and dementia; the example of sport practice is presented.A population of 3670 non-demented subjects living at home and aged 65 and older from the PAQUID study were followed for 22 years. Sport practice was document...

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Main Authors: Leslie Grasset, Pierre Joly, Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda, Luc Letenneur, Jérôme Wittwer, Hélène Amieva, Catherine Helmer, Jean François Dartigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5393553?pdf=render