Accumulation of bad lifestyles increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to 54%
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According to Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital on the 8th, a research team led by Professors Kang Seo-young and Kim Won-seok of the Department of Family Medicine (co-corresponding author) and Lee Ji-min of Eulji University Medical School (co-author, 3 years from the Department of Medicine) identified the correlation between the accumulation of lifestyle risk factors and the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Based on the vast cohort data of the National Health Insurance Service, the research team followed 142,763 adults over the age of 65 for eight years.
Based on data from the elderly who participated in four national health checkups between 2002 and 2009, smoking, drinking, and lack of physical activity were scored and accumulated to calculate the individual lifestyle risk score on a scale of 0-12 points.
Then, the risk cost of developing Alzheimer's disease according to the lifestyle risk score was calculated.
As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease clearly increased in both men and women as the lifestyle risk score increased.
For women, the risk of developing 2 to 3 points was 34% compared to 0 to 1, 41% for 4 to 5 points, and 54% for 6 to 12 points, and 25% for men in each section. It increased by 30 percent and 40 percent.
Student Lee Ji-min explained, "This analysis result is an important basis for showing that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease can be substantially increased when lifestyle factors such as smoking, drinking, and lack of exercise accumulate for a long time."
Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative neurological disease in which memory loss and cognitive impairment progress slowly, and is known as the most common form of dementia.
In Korea, where the population aged 65 or older has entered an ultra-aging society with more than 20% of the total, the number of patients has increased rapidly recently, emphasizing the importance of a preventive approach at the public health level.
Professor Kim Won-seok said "By visualizing lifestyle accumulation as a score, it will help to come up with more systematic and effective lifestyle improvement education programs and prevention strategies for preventing Alzheimer's disease."
Professor Kang Seo-young "Looking at the aging rate in Korea, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the elderly is expected to be higher and higher."I hope this study will serve as an opportunity to re-inform the people of the need for healthy lifestyles."
The study was published in the latest issue of the international journal Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (IF=3.1).
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
