Mid life modifiable risk factors for late life Alzheimer′s disease

Educational attainment and mid-life stress as risk factors for dementia in late life.

The prevalence of dementia doubles every 5–7 years after the age of 60–65 years, affecting approximately 50% of the population aged 90 years. With the continuing demographic shift towards greater longevity in developed and developing nations, the human tragedy and already huge public health burden of these diseases will be monstrous within a few decades. Effective strategies for primary and sec...

Predicting the risk of physical disability in old age using modifiable mid-life risk factors.

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the relationship between potentially modifiable risk factors in middle age and disability after 13 years using the Framingham Offspring Study (FOS). We further aimed to develop a disability risk algorithm to estimate the risk of future disability for those aged 45-65 years. METHODS FOS is a longitudinal study. We used examination 5 (1991-1995; 'baseline') an...

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

Modifiable Midlife Risk Factors for Late-Life Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.

The baby boom generation is approaching the age of greatest risk for cognitive impairment and dementia. There is growing interest in strategies to modify the environment in midlife to increase the probability of maintaining cognitive health in late life. Several potentially modifiable risk factors have been studied in relation to cognitive impairment and dementia in late life, but methodologica...

Early Life Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease