The Effect of Sex and Wealth on Population Attributable Risk Factors for Dementia in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: South Africa is a middle-income country with high levels of income inequality and a rapidly aging population and increasing dementia prevalence. Little is known about which risk factors for dementia are important and how they differ by social determinants of health as well as key demographic characteristics such as sex and wealth. We sought to calculate the population attributable risks (PARs) for established potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia among these different groups. Methods: We obtained risk factor prevalence from population-based surveys for established dementia risk factors (diabetes, midlife hypertension, midlife obesity, physical inactivity, depression, smoking, low educational attainment, social isolation). We used relative risk

SUBMITTER: Bobrow K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655099 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature