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Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and late cognitive impairment.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 May 2013
Virta Jyri J, Heikkilä Kauko, Perola Markus, Koskenvuo Markku, Räihä Ismo, Rinne Juha O, Kaprio Jaakko
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular risk factors increase the risk of dementia in later life. The aims of the current study were to assess the effect of multiple midlife cardiovascular risk factors on the risk of cognitive impairment in later life, and to assess the validity of the previously suggested CAIDE Study risk score predicting dementia risk 20 years later. A total of 2,165 Finnish twins were followed and at the end of the...
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