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Harvard-Led Study Ties Nearly 200 Environmental Exposures to Dementia Risk
Key Takeaways
- Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers led what they describe as the most extensive systematic evaluation to date of ADRD and nearly 200 environmental exposures.
- The study analyzed UK Biobank data from nearly 500,000 participants followed for a median of 15.3 years.
- An exposome-wide association study examined 193 exposures across five domains: chemical, physical, lifestyle, social and ecosystems.
- The team produced a first-of-its-kind exposomic risk score to help predict ADRD risk and support prevention strategies.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com