Population Attributable Fractions for Risk Factors for Dementia in Latin America
Regina Silva Paradela, Ismael Luis Calandri, Natalia Pozo, Emanuel Garat, Carolina Delgado, Lucia Crivelli, Kristine Yaffe, Cleusa P Ferri, Naaheed Mukadam, Gill Livingston, Claudia Kimie Suemoto · 2025
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How much dementia in Latin America could be dodged by fixing known risks is counted by Paradela and co-authors in a 2025 study. Global work ties about forty percent of dementia to twelve fixable risks, from low schooling to hearing loss and smoking. Rates of those risks vary by country, so the dodged share must be counted locally.
The team uses matched national surveys from seven countries in the region. Each risk's share is counted alone and in combination, with care for overlap. Prevention plans differ where schooling gaps dominate versus where blood pressure does. The counts give health ministries a ranked list for scarce funds, tuned to their own populations rather than global averages.
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| CREATOR | Regina Silva Paradela, Ismael Luis Calandri, Natalia Pozo, Emanuel Garat, Carolina Delgado, Lucia Crivelli, Kristine Yaffe, Cleusa P Ferri, Naaheed Mukadam, Gill Livingston, Claudia Kimie Suemoto |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |