Associations Between Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and 25-Year Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort

Abstract

Midlife vascular risk factors are associated with increased risk of dementia in black and white ARIC Study participants. Further studies are needed to evaluate the mechanism of and opportunities for prevention of the cognitive sequelae of these risk factors in midlife.

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MedicineAtherosclerosis Risk in CommunitiesDementiaGerontologyProportional hazards modelCohortCognitive declineHazard ratioProspective cohort studyDemographyInternal medicineDiseaseConfidence interval

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Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 74
Issue: 10
Pages: 1246-1246
Citations: 572
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                                    Rebecca F. Gottesman, 
                                
                                    Marilyn S. Albert, 
                                
                                    Álvaro Alonso
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Associations Between Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and 25-Year Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort. 
                            JAMA Neurology
                            , 74
                            (10)
                            , 1246-1246.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.1658
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.1658