BMI is unlikely to be a plausible intervention target for reducing the incidence of dementia

Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 9;50(3):1040-1041. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab062.

Authors

Neil M Davies^{1

2

3}, Roxanna Korologou-Linden^{1

2}, Emma L Anderson^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

PMID: 33846722
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab062

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Dementia* / epidemiology
Dementia* / prevention & control
Humans
Incidence
Risk Factors

Grants and funding

MR/P014437/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom