Closing the gap in dementia research by community-based cohort studies in the Chinese population.

ABSTRACT: China accounts for 1/5 of the global population and China faces a particularly heavy dementia burden due to its rapidly ageing population. Unique historical events, genetic background, sociocultural factors, lifestyle, and the COVID-19 pandemic further influence cognitive outcomes in the Chinese population. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase for community-based cohort studies related to dementia in the Chinese population, and summarized the characteristics, methodologies, and major findings published over the last 25 years from 39 cohorts. We identified critical research gaps and propose future directions, including enhancing sample representativeness, investigating China-specific risk factors, expanding exposure measurements to the whole life-span, collecting objective data, c

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788756 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature