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    Age: Less exercise, high blood pressure and low education are the three main causes of dementia in China! Analysis of 250,000 people in China

    • Last Update: 2020-05-30
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    China has the largest number of people with dementia in the world, with the number of people with dementia rising from 3.68 million in 1990 to 9.19 million in 2010Alzheimer's disease deaths increased by 62.4 percent, according to the China Disease Burden Reportrecently, a study suggests that less exercise, high blood pressure and low education are the three main causes of Alzheimer's disease in Chinastudy also showed that 55 percent of dementia can be attributed to seven risk factors for middle-aged obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, low education, diabetes, high blood pressure and depressionin 2010, these risk factors caused dementia in more than 5 million peoplestudy found that 82.2% of people with dementia were underactive, 79.3% had low education and 33.8% had high blood pressureHowever, depression had the highest risk of leading to dementia (RR-2.08), followed by high blood pressure (RR-1.84), diabetes (RR-1.62) and physical inactivity (RR-1.39)study found that 24.3 per cent of dementia was attributable to physical inactivity, 22.1 per cent to high blood pressure and 11.9 per cent to low educationdiabetes (6.3%), depression (4.2%), smoking (2.4%) and obesity (1.1%) also had an impact on dementia48.0% of the elderly aged 60-69 had high blood pressure, and 61.1% of the 70-year-olds had high blood pressureIn both age groups, 28.7 per cent of dementia and 33.9 per cent of dementia were attributed to high blood pressureresearchers believe that strengthening physical exercise, controlling high blood pressure, improving the level of education for all, will help reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in Chinathis is the first time the effects of seven risk factors for dementia have been assessed in Chinese groupsThe population attribution score for the seven risk factors was calculated using the latest national surveystudy included three national surveys and obtained data on the prevalence of seven risk factors: China Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Monitoring Survey (2013), covering approximately 170,000 adults aged 18 in 31 provinces; The National Survey (2010) covered about 50,000 adults aged 18 in 13 provinces, and (3) the China Family Group Survey (2012) covered about 30,000 adults aged 18 years in 25 provinces
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