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Dementia Risk Factors
Dementia Risk Factors The greatest risk factor for dementia is advanced age. Inheriting the genes associated with Alzheimer's or Huntington's disease is a risk factor. Untreated infectious and metabolic disease and substance abuse also can lead to dementia. Other risk factors include the following: Brain tumor Cardiovascular disease (e.g., high blood pressure high cholesterol, atherosclerosis) Diabetes Head injury Kidney failure, liver disease, thyroid disease Vitamin defic...Read the full article 
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