A Major Dementia Study Finds Striking Differences After Age 90
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A Major Dementia Study Finds Striking Differences After Age 90
Reaching 90 without dementia may feel like clearing the final hurdle. But the risk does not necessarily end there. Dementia risk does not disappear after age 90. Even among people who reach their 10th decade without cognitive symptoms, the likelihood of developing the condition can vary substantially by sex, race, ethnicity, and genetics, according to [...]
Researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente have measured, in the United States, how the risk of cognitive impairment is distributed among people over 90 years of age, in a study published in 2026 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity. Gender and origin risk gaps were already documented before age 65, but it was not known if they persisted at the older age. Dementia after 90 years of age unevenly saves women and men, and also depends on a gen…
A new study on dementia, titled LifeAfter90, reveals that the risk of developing the condition does not disappear after age 90. The research, led by scientists from UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente, analyzes the cognitive health of older adults and highlights significant disparities between genders and ethnicities. Analysis of the LifeAfter90 Study The LifeAfter90 study began in 2018 and follows a diverse group of participants aged 90 and o…
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