Obesity, diabetes add to dementia risk in men
Ahmedabad Mirror|November 29, 2024
Study reveals these factors can cause onset of brain health decline 10 years earlier than women

Men with cardiovascular disease risk factors such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking may have brain health decline, leading to dementia, 10 years earlier than women, finds a study.

The findings of a long-term study, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, showed that men with cardiovascular disease risk factors can have dementia onset a decade earlier—from their mid-50s to mid-70s—than similarly affected women who are most susceptible.

This story is from the November 29, 2024 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.

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