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Association between dementia and midlife risk factors — the Radiation Effects Research Foundation Adult Health Study
Author(s)	Michiko Yamada, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, Hideo Sasaki
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 3, March 2003
Pages	pp 410-414
Keywords	Dementia ; At risk ; Middle aged ; Japan.
Annotation	Japan's Adult Health Study has followed subjects born in Hiroshima before September 1932 since 1958. Data for 1,774 subjects (1,660 with no dementia, 114 with dementia: 51 with Alzheimer's disease, 38 with vascular dementia) were used to examine the relationship between VaD and AD and midlife risk factors. VaD prevalence increased significantly with age, higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), and lower milk intake. AD prevalence increased significantly with age and lower education. Other midlife factors and radiation did not show any significant association with VaD or AD. The study suggests that early behavioural control of the risk factors for vascular disease might reduce the risk of dementia. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030514210 A
Classmark	EA: CA3: SE: 7DT
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