Newswise — Women with a longer reproductive period had an elevated risk for dementia in old age, compared with those who were fertile for a shorter period, a population-based study from the University of Gothenburg shows.
“Our results may explain why women have a higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than men after age 85, and provide further support for the hypothesis that estrogen affect the risk of dementia among women”, says Jenna Najar, a medical doctor and doctoral student at Sahlgrenska Academy who also works at AgeCap, the Centre for Ageing and Health at the University of Gothenburg.
The study, now published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, covers 1,364 women who were followed between 1968 and 2012 in the population studies collectively known as the “Prospective Population-based Study of Women in Gothenburg” (PPSW) and the “Gothenburg…
