Risk Factors Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in the United States

Mosconi, Lisa PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Neurology Alert 41(12):p 91-93, August 2022.

SYNOPSIS: Two independent analyses of U.S. national surveys support evidence that targeted risk-reduction strategies may reduce the burden of Alzheimer's disease in the population.

SOURCES: Nianogo RA, Rosenwohl-Mack A, Kristine Yaffe K, et al. Risk factors associated with Alzheimer disease and related dementias by sex and race and ethnicity in the US. JAMA Neurol 2022;79:584-591.

Lee M, Whitsel E, Avery C, et al. Variation in population attributable fraction of dementia associated with potentially modifiable risk factors by race and ethnicity in the US. JAMA Netw Open 2022;5:e2219672.