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The impact of modifiable risk factors, including hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, on dementia risk is magnified for some minority ethnic groups.
Hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and other common risk factors for dementia pose an even greater risk to South Asian and Black individuals compared to White persons.
Factors that increase the risk of dementia have a greater impact on risk for people in minority ethnic groups, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
High blood pressure and other conditions seem to raise dementia risk more in Black and South Asian adults than white adults. Read on for more on dementia risk and prevention.
Modifiable risk factors-;including hypertension, obesity, diabetes, low HDL cholesterol and sleep disorders-;confer a higher risk of dementia for people in some minority ethnic groups compared to White people, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Naaheed Mukadam of University College London, UK, and colleagues.