Dementia: 3 out of 5 cases could be avoided by lowering these risk factors. Around 60% of dementia cases in the country are avoidable if the risk factors that affect its development are corrected.
The “famous” 12 risk factors are low education at an early age, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, hypertension, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and in old age, depression, social isolation, physical inactivity, diabetes and exposure to air pollution. Low education worldwide, which is responsible for 7% of cases, in Argentina is close to 2%.