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Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
The study, published in The Lancet Public Health, explored how the prevalence of dementia risk factors has changed over time and how this could impact rates of dementia in the future.
It is estimated that there are currently 944,000 people living with dementia in the UK and 52% of the UK public—34.5 million—know someone who has been diagnosed with a form of the disease. It is one of the nation’s biggest killers and has been the leading cause of death in women in the UK since 2011.
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