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Combined physical frailty and depression may sharply raise dementia risk
A study of 220,947 older adults found frailty increased dementia risk 2.5 times, depression 59%, and both conditions tripled the risk, accounting for 17% of cases.
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Combined physical frailty and depression may sharply raise dementia risk
Concurrent physical frailty and depression likely boost the risk of dementia in older people, with the interaction of these 2 factors alone contributing around 17% of the overall risk, suggest the findings of a large international study, published in the open access journal General Psychiatry.
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Concurrent frailty and depression likely boost dementia risk in older people
Concurrent physical frailty and depression likely boost the risk of dementia in older people, with the interaction of these two factors alone contributing around 17% of the overall risk, suggest the findings of a large international study, published in the open access journal General Psychiatry.
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