2024-02-26 13:06:10
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Sometimes dementia occurs at a younger age than usual. There are risk factors that can be avoided or changed.
Although dementia is one of the typical diseases of old age, younger people are also increasingly affected. The so-called frontotemporal dementia (FTD), for example, begins on average between the ages of 50 and 60. According to researchers, there are various risk factors for dementia at a young age (Young Onset Dementia or YOD). Most can be changed or avoided.
Dementia at a young age: 15 factors that can increase your risk
Low socioeconomic status can increase the risk of developing dementia at a young age. © Julia Cumes/IMAGO
In her in the specialist magazine JAMA Neurology published Study Neuroscientists from the British University of Exeter and Maastricht University in the Netherlands evaluated data from over 350,000 participants (55.3 percent women, average age of all participants was 54.6 years) as part of a cohort study. The research team was initially able to identify 39 potential triggers of dementia in younger ages (people under 65 years of age) using a systematic review of existing research approaches in the literature. For the final model, 15 significant risk factors emerged with statistical significance
- Low socioeconomic status
- Low education
- Genetic risk factors
- Orthostatic hypertension (sudden drop in blood pressure after standing up with dizziness, visual disturbances, drowsiness)
- Depression
- Social isolation
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Complete abstinence from alcohol
- Alcohol use disorder
- Low muscle quality (handgrip strength)
- stroke
- Heart disease
- Hearing impairment
- High levels of c-reactive protein
- Diabetes
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