
A Study of Thousands: Adolescent Cognition and Alzheimer Disease
Potential risk factors may identify those at risk for AD and similar disorders as early as adolescence.
A cohort
In this study, lower mechanical reasoning in men, and lower adolescent memory for words in women, had a higher odds of being associated with AD and related disorders.
The study finds more potential risk factors to identify those at risk for AD and similar disorders . . . and these may occur as early as adolescence.
Reference
1. Huang AR, Strombotne KL, Horner EM, Lapham SJ.
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