{"id":190316,"date":"2024-01-17T15:27:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=190316"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:32:03","slug":"diversity-in-dementia-risk-factors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/17\/diversity-in-dementia-risk-factors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia risk factors differ among ethnicities"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Approximately 23% of Alzheimer\u2019s and related dementia cases in individuals aged 65 and older can be linked to controllable risk factors such as diabetes and physical inactivity; that percentage varies depending on race and ethnicity, according to new research from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There is no cure for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, so preventing or delaying this disease by reducing controllable risk factors is an urgent public health priority,” said study author and UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center researcher Song-Yi Park.<\/p>\n

The study, published in the January 17 issue of Neurology<\/em><\/a>, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, emphasizes the urgent need to address modifiable factors that are most relevant to each ethnic population to lower the risk of these debilitating conditions.<\/p>\n

Preventing or delaying this disease and other related forms of dementia by reducing controllable risk factors is an urgent public health priority
—Song-Yi Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Top contributing risk factors varied across demographics:<\/p>\n