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Study by Oxford Population Health found that poor metabolic health is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia.
Poor metabolic health was defined as three or more of the following: high waist circumference, high triglycerides, high BP, high glucose, and low HDL cholesterol.
The study included over 176,000 participants aged 60 or older with a follow-up of 15 years.
Participants with metabolic syndrome had a 12% increased risk of developing dementia compared to those without metabolic syndrome.
The risk of dementia increased with the number of metabolic syndrome conditions.
The researchers suggest that early identification and management of metabolic syndrome could potentially reduce the risk of developing dementia.
