Five Healthy Lifestyle Choices Tied to Dramatic Cut in Dementia Risk

[Nakul]

Combining four of five healthy lifestyle choices has been linked to up to a 60% reduced risk for Alzheimer dementia in new research that strengthens ties between healthy behaviors and lower dementia risk.

[AROON]

@nakul In multivariable-adjusted models across the two cohorts, the risk for Alzheimer dementia was 27% lower with each additional healthy lifestyle factor (pooled hazard ratio [HR], 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.66 – 0.80). Compared to individuals with a healthy lifestyle score of 0 to 1, the risk was 37% lower (pooled HR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.47 – 0.84) for those with two or three healthy lifestyle factors and 60% lower (pooled HR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.28 – 0.56) for those with four or five healthy lifestyle factors.