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Does participation in leisure activities lead to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease? — a prospective study of Swedish twins
Author(s)	Michael Crowe, Ross Andel, Nancy L Pedersen
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 5, September 2003
Pages	pp P249-P255
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Recreation ; Participation ; Twins ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden.
Annotation	Participants included all members of the Swedish Twin Registry (107 same-sex twin pairs) born between 1886 and 1925 who had been sent a questionnaire in 1967 that included questions on leisure activities. A factor analysis of these activities yielded three activity factors: intellectual-cultural, self-improvement, and domestic activity. Matched-pair analysis compared activities within the discordant twin pairs while controlling for level of education. For the total sample, participation in a greater overall number of leisure activities was associated with lower risk of both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia. In general, greater participation in intellectual-cultural activities was associated with lower risk of AD for women, although not for men. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040406217 A
Classmark	EA: H: TMB: SVR: 3J: 76P
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