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January 10, 2014Alzheimer s & Dementia531 citationsOpen Access

Gender and incidence of dementia in the Framingham Heart Study from mid‐adult life

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GCGeneviève ChêneABAlexa BeiserRARhoda Au

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Selective survival of men with a healthier cardiovascular risk profile and hence lower propensity to dementia might partly explain the higher LTR of dementia/AD in women.

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Chêne et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dabc534a1e15904c835f68https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.10.005
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