The potential for dementia prevention in Brazil: a population attributable fraction calculation for 14 modifiable risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care 2024 updated the list of modifiable risk factors to include 14 factors. The potential for dementia prevention seems to be greater in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) due to the higher prevalence of these factors. This study aims to provide the first LMIC figure for the potential for dementia prevention in Brazil attributed to 14 modifiable risk factors.

Methods

Data was retrieved from 9949 participants aged 50 years or older from the nationally representative second wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) conducted between 2019 and 2021. The prevalence of modifiable risk factors was estimated, and principal component analysis was used to account for factor communali

SUBMITTER: Suemoto CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12355584 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature