Adults who reached midlife without high blood pressure, diabetes, or a current smoking habit went on to live an average of nearly 13 more years free of dementia than adults carrying all three, according to a study of more than 12,000 people followed for decades.
The research, published in Neurology Open Access on August 5 and led by NYU Langone Health, drew on the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, a community-based cohort that began in 1986 in four US communities. Researchers analyzed 12,409 participants with a mean age of 56, none of whom had dementia at the start, and followed them for a median of 26.3 years.
