Obesity, diabetes add to dementia risk in men

Study reveals these factors can cause onset of brain health decline 10 years earlier than women

Men with cardiovascular disease risk factors such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking may have brain health decline, leading to dementia, 10 years earlier than women, finds a study.

The findings of a long-term study, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, showed that men with cardiovascular disease risk factors can have dementia onset a decade earlier—from their mid-50s to mid-70s—than similarly affected women who are most susceptible.