Healthy lifestyle in middle age linked to reduced dementia risk, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet

16 December, 2020 in subject Okategoriserade

As life expectancies rise, so does the risk of dementia. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now studied how an active, non-smoking lifestyle can influence this correlation. The results, which are published in PLOS Medicine, suggest that good cardiovascular health gradually decreases the risk of dementia.

PLOS Medicine press release, 15 December 2020.
Read article on Karolinska Institutet’s website, 15 December 2020.
Read Neuroscience article, 15 December 2020

Publication

“Cardiovascular health metrics from mid- to late-life and risk of dementia: A population-based cohort study in Finland”.
Yajun Liang, Tiia Ngandu, Tiina Laatikainen, Hilkka Soininen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Miia Kivipelto, och Chengxuan Qiu.
PLOS Medicine, online 15 December 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003474.