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Clinical and neuroimaging risk factors for cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults living in rural Ecuador. A population-based prospective cohort study.

Oscar H Del BruttoRobertino M MeraVictor J Del BruttoMauricio ZambranoClinton B WrightTatjana Rundek
Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2018)
This study provides evidence of cognitive decline in older adults living in a rural setting. Main targets for prevention should include glucose control and the control of factors that are deleterious for the development of cortical atrophy and white matter hyperintensities.
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