Population attributable fractions for risk factors for dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: an analysis using cross-sectional survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nine potentially modifiable risk factors (less childhood education, midlife hearing loss, hypertension, and obesity, and later-life smoking, depression, physical inactivity, social isolation, and diabetes) account for 35% of worldwide dementia, but most data to calculate these risk factors come from high-income countries only. We aimed to calculate population attributable fractions (PAFs) for dementia in selected low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) to identify potential dementia prevention targets in these countries.

Methods

The study was an analysis of cross-sectional data obtained from the 10/66 Dementia Research surveys of representative populations in India, China, and six Latin America countries (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico,

SUBMITTER: Mukadam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617123 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature