Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia

Lourida, Ilianna; Hannon, Eilís; J. Littlejohns, Thomas; M. Langa, Kenneth; Hyppönen, Elina; Kuźma, Elżbieta; J. Llewellyn, David

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.9879

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Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia

Published in JAMA • Jul 14, 2019

Authors:

Ilianna Lourida

Eilís Hannon

Thomas J. Littlejohns

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Genetic factors increase risk of dementia, but the extent to which this can be offset by lifestyle factors is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether a healthy lifestyle is associated with lower risk of dementia regardless of genetic risk. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospe...

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Medicine

Dementia

Hazard ratio

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