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Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease as Risk Factors for Dementia.

Kevin Kris Warnakula OlesenPernille Gro ThraneChristine GyldenkerneReimar Wernich ThomsenJanne Kaergaard MortensenSteen Dalby KristensenMichael Mæng
Published in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2024)
The combination of diabetes and CAD is associated with increased rate of dementia, in particular vascular dementia, suggesting that the diabetes-related risk of dementia is partly mediated through concomitant atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This underscores the importance of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention in diabetes patients to reduce cognitive decline.
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