Crosswords and chess may help more than socializing in avoiding dementia jamanetworkopen
summarizes participant characteristics according to their dementia status over the follow-up period. Individuals with dementia were older, a higher proportion were men, and they were more likely to have lower levels of physical activity and to be in poorer health than individuals without dementia.. Most participants reported having 3 to 4 relatives and close friends, and they saw their close relatives 5 to 8 times a month and close friends a little less often.
. Number of close friends significantly loaded on 2 factors: interpersonal networks and social activities. However, the loading on the former was much weaker , so this variable was only kept for social activities.shows the fully adjusted associations between the factor scores and the risk of incident dementia. Increasing the frequency of participation in adult literacy by 1 category was associated with an 11.0% reduction in dementia risk .
For the factors that were associated with dementia risk, we then examined associations of the individual variables that loaded on these factors . The frequency of computer usage, writing letters and journals, and playing crosswords and puzzles showed an association with reduced dementia risk across men and women. Participation in craftwork, woodwork, and metalwork was associated with a lower risk of dementia only in men . No association was shown for the other individual variables.
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