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Lifelong marriage lowers risk of dementia

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2023/01/lifelong-marriage-lowers-risk-of-dementia/

A recent large study suggests that being divorced or single increases the risk of dementia. But the researchers also discovered some surprising results.

If you are married continuously for many years in mid-life, you have a lower risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a recently published study based on data from HUNT Study health surveys in Nord-Trøndelag.

“Being married can have an influence on risk factors for dementia,” says Vegard Skirbekk at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH/FHI).

The researchers looked at different types of marital status in people over a period of 24 years – from the age of 44 until 68 – and investigated whether this status was related to a clinical diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) after the age of 70.

The results show that the group that was continuously married throughout the period had the lowest incidence of dementia.

The highest incidence was found in divorced and single people.

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2023/01/lifelong-marriage-lowers-risk-of-dementia/
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