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SUBMITTER: Batty GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4036694 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Batty G David GD Russ Tom C TC Starr John M JM Stamatakis Emmanuel E Kivimäki Mika M
Journal of negative results in biomedicine 20140523
<h4>Background</h4>With drug treatment for dementia being of limited effectiveness, the role of primary prevention, in particular the predictive value of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors, may warrant exploration. The evidence base is, however, characterised by discordant findings and is modest in size. Accordingly, we examined the association of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors with dementia death.<h4>Design and methods</h4>We pooled raw data from 10 UK general popula ...[more]