Hypertension, obesity, physical inactivity among highest risk factors for dementia

Dementia cases in the United States were largely associated with modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension, obesity and physical inactivity — especially among Black and Hispanic people, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
Mark Lee, MA, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, and colleagues aimed to calculate the population attributable fraction of dementia associated with 12 established modifiable risk factors for all U.S. adults while separating for race and ethnicity.
Lee and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study using survey data from representative samples of

Dementia cases in the United States were largely associated with modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension, obesity and physical inactivity — especially among Black and Hispanic people, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
Mark Lee, MA, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, and colleagues aimed to calculate the population attributable fraction of dementia associated with 12 established modifiable risk factors for all U.S. adults while separating for race and ethnicity.
Lee and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study using survey data from representative samples of