A study that excludes smoking caused by dementia

A recent study paid off the smoking caused by an increased risk of dementia, which is quite contrary to previous research that proved that there was a relationship between them.

The study, published in the journal Alzheimer's Disease, was conducted on approximately 531 people and a statistical method called competition risk analysis was used to determine whether there was a relationship between the smoking and dementia.

"The baseline data (in these studies) were accurate, but the analysis did not consider the idea of ​​competing for the risk of death, which we felt was an important factor. to consider in this case because smoking is strongly associated with death, "said Irin Enner, a professor at the University of Kentucky. Early.

"We think the most important result is to change the way we treat dementia research by advocating adoption in the appropriate areas of study." To be clear, we do not call smoking at all, but it's related to the risk of premature death – no dementia.