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Social determinants of health, behavioral factors, and incident dementia: a prospective cohort study.

Addressing both social determinants and lifestyle factors together appears more effective for dementia prevention than targeting single factors alone.

This prospective cohort study in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy examines the combined contribution of social determinants of health and behavioral factors to incident dementia, providing a more complete modifiable-risk-factor picture than single-domain studies. Findings support multi-domain prevention strategies for dementia.

What the study was

Study design
Prospective cohort study
Population
General population cohort (incident dementia outcomes)
Category
Prevention
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Why it surfaced

Prospective design in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy; combined SDOH + behavioral factors framework for dementia risk is policy-relevant and novel in framing; aging watchlist match.

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