An international research study led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney has provided further support to the finding that more years of education are associated with a decreased risk of dementia.
The research, which compared people who had only completed elementary school with those who had completed middle or high school, used data from 30,785 older individuals aged 55-103 across 14 different countries.
Lead author Dr. Steve Makkar said those who had completed middle or high school had lower chances of developing cognitive impairment, whereas those who had not completed elementary school were at greater risk of…
