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*Midlife [[obesity]] | *Midlife [[obesity]] | ||
*Elevated plasma homocysteine level | *Elevated plasma [[homocysteine]] level | ||
*[[Down syndrome|Down Syndrome]] | *[[Down syndrome|Down Syndrome]] | ||
*[[Smoking]] | *[[Smoking]] | ||
*Social isolation | *Social isolation | ||
*Late-life [[depression]] | *Late-life [[depression]] | ||
*Female gender | |||
*low IQ | |||
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Revision as of 23:40, 28 September 2020
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Dementia Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ,Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]
Risk factors
- Degenerative: This is the most common cause of dementia, named Alzheimer's disease.
- Stroke
- Lewy body disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Huntington's disease
- Pick's disease
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Brain tumors
- Brain infection
- Low educational attainment
- Midlife hypertension
- Midlife obesity
- Elevated plasma homocysteine level
- Down Syndrome
- Smoking
- Social isolation
- Late-life depression
- Female gender
- low IQ