Association of Metabolic Syndrome With Incident Dementia: Role of Number and Age at Measurement of Components in a 28-Year Follow-up of the Whitehall II Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Marcos D. Machado-Fragua,
Aurore Fayossé,
Manasa Shanta Yerramalla,
Thomas T. van Sloten,
Ádám G. Tabák,
Mika Kivimäki,
Séverine Sabia,
Archana SinghManoux
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc22-0206
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , hazard ratio , metabolic syndrome , waist , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , cohort study , cohort , body mass index , obesity , endocrinology , confidence interval , disease
Previous research suggests an inconsistent association between Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and incident dementia. We examined the role of number of MetS components and age at their assessment for incident dementia.
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