Study Links Better Midlife Vascular Health to Nearly 13 More Dementia-Free Years
Adults without smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes lived about 30 dementia-free years, researchers found.
- A study published in Neurology Open Access found that managing smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes in midlife can delay dementia by more than a decade, tracking 12,409 adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study over 26 years.
- Researchers at NYU Langone Health noted that vascular health plays a critical role in brain aging. The study examined dementia-free participants with an average age of 56 at baseline.
- Adults without smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes lived nearly 13 more years without dementia than those with all factors present, the New York Post reported. White participants lived 19.6 years versus 16 years for Black participants with all risk factors.
- Dr. Josef Coresh, founding director of the Optimal Aging Institute, said the results emphasize avoiding midlife risks to preserve brain health. Coresh noted that vascular risk reduction could benefit all populations.
- The CDC and The National Institute on Aging recommend managing blood pressure, preventing diabetes, and avoiding tobacco to support brain health. The Alzheimer Association notes that reduced blood flow damages brain cells and often accompanies other dementia changes.
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What is good for the heart could also protect the brain. A new long-term study shows that vascular health in the middle years has a great influence on how long people live without dementia later.
Study: Avoiding These 3 Midlife Health Risks Linked To 12+ More Dementia-Free Years
The gap in dementia-free years between the healthiest and least healthy midlife groups was 12.6 years. The post Study: Avoiding These 3 Midlife Health Risks Linked To 12+ More Dementia-Free Years appeared first on StudyFinds.
A long-term study shows that those who avoid three important risk factors in the middle of life can expect almost 13 dementia-free years more.
Researchers are now estimating how many years you can live without getting one of the major public health diseases, dementia, if you avoid three specific risk factors.
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