Un estudio revela que los factores de riesgo del alzhéimer afectan más a las mujeres

Una nueva investigación de la Universidad de California en San Diego muestra que varios factores de riesgo comunes de demencia afectan el rendimiento cognitivo de las mujeres con mayor intensidad que el de los hombres. Estos hallazgos ayudan a explicar por qué las mujeres representan casi dos tercios de los casos de alzhéimer en Estados Unidos.

Los científicos analizaron datos de más de 17,000 adultos de mediana edad y mayores del Health and Retirement Study. Examinaron 13 factores de riesgo establecidos, entre ellos la hipertensión, la diabetes, la depresión, la inactividad física y la pérdida auditiva. Los resultados se publicaron el 19 de mayo en la revista Biology of Sex Differences.

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