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Dementia risk study finds 11 key factors, significantly outperforms others

7 points by mdp2021 3y ago

mdp2021 3y ago
In the shortest > The 11 factors are age, education, a history of diabetes, a history of depression, a history of stroke, parental history of dementia, levels of deprivation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, living alone and being male and > While older age (60 and above) and APOE confer the greatest risk, modifiable factors, such as diabetes, depression, and high blood pressure also have a key role. For example, the estimated risk for a person with all of these will be approximately three times higher About the original research article, we are (as is relevant) glad we could pretty quickly translate the literal https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/looup/doi/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300719 into https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/loo\*k\*up/doi/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300719 and get to https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300719 https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300719 -- Update: this is very interesting: a service called altmetric collects stats about the attention received by the article, including a list of news outlets that published divulgative reports: https://bmj.altmetric.com/details/153198692/news https://bmj.altmetric.com/details/153198692/news
coldtea 3y ago
If it's 11 factors as broad as "age, education, a history of diabetes, a history of depression, a history of stroke, parental history of dementia, levels of deprivation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, living alone and being male", might as well give up and not do anything preventive...
- mdp2021 3y ago
  If you meant with irony that the message is so pressing to do continuous learning, fight depression, prevent vascular damage, put material success in its own merit, prevent pressure issues, prevent cholesterol issues and be socially active...
  - coldtea 3y ago
    I meant unironically that the solution based on those factors basically amounts to "be healthy and happy". Geez, thanks! Why didn't we think of this?! Getting right on that...
    - gumby 3y ago
      Education and deprivation are issues that could be addressed at the governmental level, diabetes too.
    - mdp2021 3y ago
      > basically amounts to "be healthy and happy" That is an entailment, not a lossless summary. There is no strong deduction from that list to the consequence in topic, and the study is a quantitative confirmation. Again for the logical fault, there is no deduction e.g. from "happiness" to "prevention of dementia", and likewise "be healthy" is too broad. Moreover, on the intention, a number people may not be focused on either health or happiness, while they may be interested in preserving abilities.

7 points by mdp2021 3y ago

mdp2021 3y ago

In the shortest > The 11 factors are age, education, a history of diabetes, a history of depression, a history of stroke, parental history of dementia, levels of deprivation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, living alone and being male and > While older age (60 and above) and APOE confer the greatest risk, modifiable factors, such as diabetes, depression, and high blood pressure also have a key role. For example, the estimated risk for a person with all of these will be approximately three times higher About the original research article, we are (as is relevant) glad we could pretty quickly translate the literal https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/looup/doi/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300719 into https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/loo\*k\*up/doi/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300719 and get to https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300719 https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300719 -- Update: this is very interesting: a service called altmetric collects stats about the attention received by the article, including a list of news outlets that published divulgative reports: https://bmj.altmetric.com/details/153198692/news https://bmj.altmetric.com/details/153198692/news

coldtea 3y ago

If it's 11 factors as broad as "age, education, a history of diabetes, a history of depression, a history of stroke, parental history of dementia, levels of deprivation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, living alone and being male", might as well give up and not do anything preventive...

mdp2021 3y ago
If you meant with irony that the message is so pressing to do continuous learning, fight depression, prevent vascular damage, put material success in its own merit, prevent pressure issues, prevent cholesterol issues and be socially active...
- coldtea 3y ago
  I meant unironically that the solution based on those factors basically amounts to "be healthy and happy". Geez, thanks! Why didn't we think of this?! Getting right on that...
  - gumby 3y ago
    Education and deprivation are issues that could be addressed at the governmental level, diabetes too.
  - mdp2021 3y ago
    > basically amounts to "be healthy and happy" That is an entailment, not a lossless summary. There is no strong deduction from that list to the consequence in topic, and the study is a quantitative confirmation. Again for the logical fault, there is no deduction e.g. from "happiness" to "prevention of dementia", and likewise "be healthy" is too broad. Moreover, on the intention, a number people may not be focused on either health or happiness, while they may be interested in preserving abilities.