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Body mass index, diet, physical inactivity, and the incidence of dementia in 1 million UK women

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To help determine whether midlife obesity is a cause of dementia and whether low body mass index (BMI), low caloric intake, and physical inactivity are causes or merely consequences of the gradual onset of dementia by recording these factors early in a large 20-year prospective study and relating them to dementia detection rates separately during follow-up periods of <5, 5 to 9, 10 to 14, and 15+ years.

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1212/WNL.0000000000008779

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Role:
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Role:
Author
Publisher:
American Academy of Neurology Publisher's website
Journal:
Neurology Journal website
Volume:
94
Issue:
2
Pages:
e1-e10
Publication date:
2019-12-18
Acceptance date:
2019-07-23
DOI:
EISSN:
1526-632X
ISSN:
0028-3878
Pubs id:
pubs:1034659
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uuid:6dbdc68a-3683-4b5a-b3f9-5889b62d0ecd
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pubs:1034659
Source identifiers:
1034659
Deposit date:
2019-07-24

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