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Dementia risk factors in former contact sports participants: prospective cohort study

2024-01-16

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<h4>Background</h4> The elevated dementia incidence in retired contact sport participants might be explained by a higher prevalence of established risk factors for the disease relative to the general population. <h4>Methods</h4> In this cohort study, former elite participants active between 1920 and 1965 in soccer (N=303), boxing (N=281), and wrestling (N=318) were recruited using sports yearbooks and records of s...

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Literature Corpus work: 32d37456-c0c4-5abd-a5b1-992ef465af56
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.15.24301327

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