Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Table 1 Risk factors for dementia identified by the Lancet Commission and the World Health Organization

From: Timing of risk factors, prodromal features, and comorbidities of dementia from a large health claims case–control study

Risk factor	Source
Less education	LC
Hearing loss^*	LC
Traumatic brain injury^*	LC
Hypertension^*	LC, WHO
Alcohol^*	LC, WHO
Obesity^*	LC, WHO
Smoking^*	LC, WHO
Depression^*	LC, WHO
Social isolation	LC, WHO
Physical inactivity	LC, WHO
Diabetes^*	LC, WHO
Air pollution	LC
Visual impairment^*§	LC
Dyslipidemia^*§	WHO
Nutrition	WHO

LC Lancet Commission [12], WHO World Health Organization [13]
^*Accessible by health claims data
^§Added in the 2024 Update of the Lancet Commission report [11]

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