Education and cognitive functioning across the life span

M Lövdén, L Fratiglioni, MM Glymour… - … science in the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Cognitive abilities are important predictors of educational and occupational performance,
socioeconomic attainment, health, and longevity. Declines in cognitive abilities are linked to …

The structural and social determinants of Alzheimer's disease related dementias

PB Adkins‐Jackson, KM George… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The projected growth of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD‐related dementia
(ADRD) cases by midcentury has expanded the research field and impelled new lines of …

Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a priority for European science and society

B Winblad, P Amouyel, S Andrieu, C Ballard… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, and
because the primary risk factor for AD is old age, the prevalence of the disease is increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of dementia in an ageing world: Evidence and biological rationale

G Grande, C Qiu, L Fratiglioni - Ageing research reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
As the population ages, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase in the
coming decades, with consequences at the societal and individual levels. In this narrative …

Environmental risk factors for dementia: a systematic review

LOJ Killin, JM Starr, IJ Shiue, TC Russ - BMC geriatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background Dementia risk reduction is a major and growing public health priority. While
certain modifiable risk factors for dementia have been identified, there remains a substantial …

Cognitive reserve and cognitive function in healthy older people: a meta-analysis

C Opdebeeck, A Martyr, L Clare - Aging, Neuropsychology, and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The associations between proxy measures of cognitive reserve (CR) and cognition vary
across studies and cognitive domains. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the relationship …

Dementia in western Europe: epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making

YT Wu, L Fratiglioni, FE Matthews, A Lobo… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Dementia is receiving increasing attention from governments and politicians.
Epidemiological research based on western European populations done 20 years ago …

Timing of onset of cognitive decline: results from Whitehall II prospective cohort study

A Singh-Manoux, M Kivimaki, MM Glymour, A Elbaz… - Bmj, 2012 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate 10 year decline in cognitive function from longitudinal data in a
middle aged cohort and to examine whether age cohorts can be compared with cross …

A major role for cardiovascular burden in age-related cognitive decline

C Qiu, L Fratiglioni - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2015 - nature.com
The incidence of dementia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases with age. Current
evidence supports the role for both atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis as a common …

Association of sex differences in dementia risk factors with sex differences in memory decline in a population-based cohort spanning 20–76 years

KJ Anstey, R Peters, ME Mortby, KM Kiely… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Sex differences in late-life memory decline may be explained by sex differences in dementia
risk factors. Episodic memory and dementia risk factors were assessed in young, middle …