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A study led by NYU Langone Health finds that middle-aged adults who avoid high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking can gain nearly 13 additional years free from dementia, according to research published in Neurology Open Access.
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, an ongoing trial that began in 1986, supplied the long-term health data behind the finding.
The results set a number on a prevention window that researchers place between roughly age 48 and 68.
The core numbers More than 12,000 dementia-free participants with an average age of 56 were followed for an average of 26 years.
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