Risk factors across the life course and dementia in a Brazilian population: results from the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH) | Zendy

Márcia Scazufca | Zendy; Paulo Rossi Menezes | Zendy; Ricardo Araya | Zendy; Vanessa D. Di Rienzo | Zendy; Osvaldo P. Almeida | Zendy; David Gunnell | Zendy; Debbie A. Lawlor | Zendy

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Risk factors across the life course and dementia in a Brazilian population: results from the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)

Author(s) -

Márcia Scazufca,

Paulo Rossi Menezes,

Ricardo Araya,

Vanessa D. Di Rienzo,

Osvaldo P. Almeida,

David Gunnell,

Debbie A. Lawlor

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn125

Subject(s) - dementia , life course approach , socioeconomic status , medicine , gerontology , logistic regression , population , anthropometry , demography , psychology , environmental health , developmental psychology , disease , sociology

Several mechanisms have been suggested to explain the association between adversities across life and dementia. This study aimed to investigate the association between indicators of socioeconomic disadvantages throughout the life-course and dementia among older adults in Sao Paulo, Brazil and to explore possible causal pathways.

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