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In an article published online August 19 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, researchers suggest that controlling cardiovascular risk factors in midlife may prevent dementia later on.


Risk Factor
Hazard Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Smoking
1.7
1.2 to 2.5
Hypertension
1.6
1.2 to 2.2
Diabetes
2.2
1.6 to 3.0
Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. Published online August 19, 2009.

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