Cardiovascular health and dementia incidence among older adults in Latin America: Results from the 10/66 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Growing evidence shows that cardiovascular health (CVH) is associated with brain health. Little is known about this topic among older adults in Latin America, where the number of people living with dementia is rising. This study aimed to assess the longitudinal association between CVH and dementia in six Latin American countries.

Methods

We analyzed longitudinal data from the 10/66 study that included nondementia residents at baseline aged 65+ in six Latin American countries (n = 6447) and were followed up for 3 years. An index of modifiable CVH factors (ranging from 0 to 14) was calculated. Incident dementia was modeled using competing risk regression to adjust for risk of death.

Results

The sample included 6.2% participants with poor (0-5), 81.0% with mod

SUBMITTER: Perales-Puchalt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6579616 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature