Relationship of Cigarette Smoking and Time of Quitting with Incident Dementia and Cognitive Decline.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Understanding how dementia risk is impacted by timing of smoking cessation has public health implications for prevention efforts. We investigated the relationship of cigarette smoking and cessation with dementia risk and cognitive decline in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

Design

Ongoing prospective cohort study.

Setting

Begun in 1987-1989, ARIC was conducted in four US communities.

Participants

A total of 13 002 men and women (25% African American) aged 52 to 75 years.

Measurements

All-cause dementia was defined using standardized algorithms incorporating longitudinal cognitive data, proxy report, and hospital and death certificate dementia codes. Cognitive decline was measured using a composite cognitive score created f

SUBMITTER: Deal JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002272 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature