Association of Daily Intellectual Activities With Lower Risk of Incident Dementia Among Older Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Associations between late-life participation in intellectual activities and decreased odds of developing dementia have been reported. However, reverse causality and confounding effects due to other health behaviors or problems have not been adequately addressed.

Objective

To examine whether late-life participation in intellectual activities is associated with a lower risk of incident dementia years later, independent of other lifestyle and health-related factors.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal observational study was conducted at all Elderly Health Centres of the Department of Health of the Government of Hong Kong among 15 582 community-living Chinese individuals age 65 years or older at baseline who were free of dementia, with baseline ev

SUBMITTER: Lee ATC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583858 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature