Association between exercise and the risk of dementia: results from a nationwide longitudinal study in China.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to examine the causal association between exercise and the risk of dementia among older Chinese adults. DESIGN:Longitudinal population-based study with a follow-up duration of 9 years. SETTING:Data for the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey waves occurring from 2002 to 2011-2012 were extracted from the survey database. PARTICIPANTS:In total, 7501 dementia-free subjects who were older than 65 years were included at baseline. Dementia was defined as a self-reported or proxy-reported physician's diagnosis of the disease. OUTCOME MEASURES AND METHODS:Regular exercise and potential confounding variables were obtained via a self-report questionnaire. We generated longitudinal logistic regression models based on time-lagged generalised estimating equa

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719269 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature