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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
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