Local greenery and low crime rates may reduce dementia risk factors: study
India, April 16 -- Living in areas with shorter distances to greenspace and lower crime rates are associated with having fewer modifiable dementia risk factors, Monash University-led research has found.
Published in Preventive Medicine Reports, the Australian study investigated neighbourhood characteristics associated with dementia risk and cognition.
It found a doubling of distance to greenspace was equal to being about 2.5 years older, in terms of dementia risk factors. Each two-fold increase in crime was approximately equal to a reduction in memory score attributable to a three-year increase in age.
This relationship was particularly evident in those living in areas of lower socioeconomic status (SES).
The greenspace aspect include...
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