Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods linked to higher dementia risk, study finds
The study is a reminder of "how neighborhood conditions and contexts are so fundamental to impacting an individual's health."
Americans who live in neighborhoods with less socioeconomic advantage may have a higher risk of dementia, according to a new study published Wednesday in JAMA Neurology.
This can be true regardless of an individual’s background, according to the study, which found that people living in areas of the U.S. with the lowest levels of income, education, employment, and housing quality had a 1.17 times higher risk of developing dementia compared to residents of the least disadvantaged areas.
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