Dementia risk factors in former contact sports participants: prospective cohort study.
George David BattySteven BellUrho M KujalaSeppo J SarnaJaakko A KaprioPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
The increased dementia rates in retired contact sport participants evident in epidemiological studies is unlikely to be explained by the risk factors examined here. This implicates other characteristics of contact sports, including a history of repeated head impact.