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Designing prevention programmes to reduce incidence of dementia — prospective cohort study of modifiable risk factors
Author(s)	K Ritchie, I Carriere, C W Ritchie
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 341, no 7768, 14 August 2010
Pages	p 336
Source	www.bmj.com BMJ2010;341:c3885
Keywords	Dementia ; At risk ; Preventative medicine ; Living in the community ; Clinical surveys ; France.
Annotation	As part of the ESPRIT Project (Enquête de Santé Psychologique - Risques, Incidence et Traitement), the authors recruited 1433 community-dwelling French people aged 65+ (mean age 72.5). Participants were examined at baseline, and at 2, 4 and 7 years follow-up by using a standardised interview incorporating cognitive testing to identify both dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Overall results suggest that increasing crystallised intelligence and reading ability, fruit and vegetable consumption, and eliminating depression and diabetes are likely to have the greatest impact on reducing the incidence of dementia. This is a summary of a paper published on bmj.com. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100825201 A
Classmark	EA: CA3: LK2: K4: 3G: 765 *
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