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Midlife overweight and obesity increase late-life dementia risk
A population-based twin study
W.L. Xu, A.R. Atti, M. Gatz, N.L. Pedersen, B. Johansson, L. Fratiglioni
First published May 2, 2011, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182190d09
W.L. Xu
A.R. Atti
M. Gatz
N.L. Pedersen
B. Johansson
Midlife overweight and obesity increase late-life dementia risk
A population-based twin study
W.L. Xu, A.R. Atti, M. Gatz, N.L. Pedersen, B. Johansson, L. Fratiglioni
Neurology May 2011, 76 (18) 1568-1574; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182190d09
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vol. 76 no. 18 1568-1574
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- Received June 22, 2010
- Accepted January 28, 2011
- First Published May 2, 2011.
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Author Disclosures
- W.L. Xu, MD, PhD,
- A.R. Atti, MD, PhD,
- M. Gatz, PhD,
- N.L. Pedersen, PhD,
- B. Johansson, PhD and
- L. Fratiglioni, MD, PhD
- W.L. Xu, MD, PhD,
- A.R. Atti, MD, PhD,
- M. Gatz, PhD,
- N.L. Pedersen, PhD,
- B. Johansson, PhD and
- L. Fratiglioni, MD, PhD
- From the Aging Research Center (W.L.X., A.R.A., L.F.), Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Epidemiology (W.L.X.), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Psychiatry Institute Paolo Ottonello (A.R.A.), Bologna University, Bologna, Italy; Department of Psychology (M.G., N.L.P.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (M.G., N.L.P.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; Department of Psychology (B.J.), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg; and Stockholm Gerontology Research Center (L.F.), Stockholm, Sweden.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Weili Xu, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Gävlegatan 16, S-113 30 Stockholm, Sweden weili.xu{at}ki.se
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