Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without Alzheimer's dementia: population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the impact of lifestyle factors on life expectancy lived with and without Alzheimer's dementia.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Chicago Health and Aging Project, a population based cohort study in the United States.

Participants

2449 men and women aged 65 years and older.

Main exposure

A healthy lifestyle score was developed based on five modifiable lifestyle factors: a diet for brain health (Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay-MIND diet score in upper 40% of cohort distribution), late life cognitive activities (composite score in upper 40%), moderate or vigorous physical activity (≥150 min/week), no smoking, and light to moderate alcohol consumption (women 1-15 g/day; men 1-30 g/day).

M

SUBMITTER: Dhana K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature