Associations of ambient air pollution exposure and lifestyle factors with incident dementia in the elderly: A prospective study in the UK Biobank

• DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108870
• Publication Date: 2024-07-04T02:10:30Z
• Authors: Yichi Zhang; Ye Fu; Xin Guan; Chenming Wang; Ming Fu; Yang Xiao; Shiru Hong; Yuhan Zhou; Chenliang Liu; Guorong Zhong; Tianhao Wu; Yingqian You; Hui Zhao; Shengli Chen; Yuxi Wang; Huan Guo
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Nitrogen Dioxide; Air pollution; 03 medical and health sciences; Risk Factors; Air Pollution; Humans; GE1-350; Prospective Studies; Life Style; Aged; Biological Specimen Banks; Proportional Hazards Models; Aged, 80 and over; Air Pollutants; Physical activity; Incidence; Environmental Exposure; Middle Aged; Lifestyle; United Kingdom; Environmental sciences; Dementia; Female; Particulate Matter; Nitrogen Oxides; Cohort study; Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia is an important disease burden among the elderly, and its occurrence may be profoundly affected by environmental factors. Evidence of relationship between air pollution dementia emerging, but extent to which this can offset lifestyle factors remains ambiguous.