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> Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, but the reasons why women are more vulnerable are still not fully understood. Women l

> Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, but the reasons why women are more vulnerable are still not fully understood. Women live much longer and more comfortable lives. Men are more likely to die before alzheimer can even manifest.

jona-f 5mo ago
Well, I went out to disprove your thesis, thinking we can easily look at countries where men live longer than women in another country. For example, women in the US have a lower life expectancy than men in Australia (go figure). Now women are less than 1.4 times more likely than men to get dementia in australia, but about 2 times more likely to get alzheimer in the US. So that kind of points in your direction, but that is of course wildly inaccurate, cause one is mentioning dementia the other only alzheimer and whatnot. https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/dementia-in-aus/contents/how-many-people-have-dementia/prevalence-of-dementia https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/dementia-in-aus/con... https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b74034635c1e/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b740346... Edit: qwen and glm seem to also agree with parent. "Age is the dominant risk factor".
- throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
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phoronixrly 5mo ago
Eh, are you citing sone peer-reviewed research or are you making stuff up?
- throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
  It is just a bro science, sorry. Correlation and simple statistics is not real scientific method, and does not fit into modern research!
  - brokensegue 5mo ago
    Then maybe caveat your posts with that
    - rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 5mo ago
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mirabilis 5mo ago
US life expectancy in 2024 for women was 81.4 years; for men, 76.5 [1]; “non-early” symptoms of Alzheimer's typically begin after 65 [2]. I don’t think that the life expectancy average offset of ~5 years is the main factor here. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db548.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db548.htm 2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzheimers/art-20048356 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-di...
- throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
  It also said "comfortable lives". Also compare retirement ages, years worked, income (hard mental work)... it is well known that alzhaimer is corellated with brain activity (like solving suduku puzzles). Watching tv all day is not very healthy for brain...
  - mirabilis 5mo ago
    Yes, I didn’t address that portion of your original post, as I was silently agreeing with you that men perform vital social and economic activity such as pick-up truck, football, and bitcoin, whereas women do nothing all day save for frivolous non-labor activities such as raising children.
    - bethekidyouwant 5mo ago
      Not sure you’re raising children when you’re 65.
      - mirabilis 5mo ago
        Probably not, but I thought we were discussing all related preventative activities for the full span of the comfortable life.
        rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 5mo ago
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jona-f 5mo ago

Well, I went out to disprove your thesis, thinking we can easily look at countries where men live longer than women in another country. For example, women in the US have a lower life expectancy than men in Australia (go figure). Now women are less than 1.4 times more likely than men to get dementia in australia, but about 2 times more likely to get alzheimer in the US. So that kind of points in your direction, but that is of course wildly inaccurate, cause one is mentioning dementia the other only alzheimer and whatnot. https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/dementia-in-aus/contents/how-many-people-have-dementia/prevalence-of-dementia https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/dementia-in-aus/con... https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b74034635c1e/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b740346... Edit: qwen and glm seem to also agree with parent. "Age is the dominant risk factor".

throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
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phoronixrly 5mo ago

Eh, are you citing sone peer-reviewed research or are you making stuff up?

throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
It is just a bro science, sorry. Correlation and simple statistics is not real scientific method, and does not fit into modern research!
- brokensegue 5mo ago
  Then maybe caveat your posts with that
  - rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 5mo ago
    [flagged]

mirabilis 5mo ago

US life expectancy in 2024 for women was 81.4 years; for men, 76.5 [1]; “non-early” symptoms of Alzheimer's typically begin after 65 [2]. I don’t think that the life expectancy average offset of ~5 years is the main factor here. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db548.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db548.htm 2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzheimers/art-20048356 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-di...

throw8394jrjr 5mo ago
It also said "comfortable lives". Also compare retirement ages, years worked, income (hard mental work)... it is well known that alzhaimer is corellated with brain activity (like solving suduku puzzles). Watching tv all day is not very healthy for brain...
- mirabilis 5mo ago
  Yes, I didn’t address that portion of your original post, as I was silently agreeing with you that men perform vital social and economic activity such as pick-up truck, football, and bitcoin, whereas women do nothing all day save for frivolous non-labor activities such as raising children.
  - bethekidyouwant 5mo ago
    Not sure you’re raising children when you’re 65.
    - mirabilis 5mo ago
      Probably not, but I thought we were discussing all related preventative activities for the full span of the comfortable life.
      - rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 5mo ago
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