Table 1 Risk/protective factors in CogFit, and other lists of dementia risk factors. CogFit was built based on literature reviewed in January 2023 with the aim of detecting modifiable risk factors in primary care that can be acted on.
From: Practicality of a patient self-assessment checklist to manage dementia risk factors in GP practices
Factor | CogFit | Lancet commission (Livingston et al. 2024) | World health organization (2019) | LIBRA score (Rosenau et al. 2024) | CogDrisk (Anstey et al. 2022) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical activity | x | x | x | x | x |
Obesity | x | x | x | x | x |
Hypertension | x | x | x | x | x |
Social isolation | x | x | x | x | x |
Depression | x | x | x | x | x |
Smoking | x | x | x | x | x |
Diabetes | x | x | x | x | x |
Alcohol abuse | x | x | x | x | |
Hearing impariment | x | x | x | x | |
Mediterreanan diet | x | x | x | x | |
cognitive activities | x | x | x | x | |
Sleep problems | x | x | x | ||
Renal dysfunction | x | x | |||
Dental problems | x | ||||
Chronic pain | x | ||||
Stress | x | ||||
Coffee/ green tea consumption | x | ||||
Purpose in life | x | ||||
Not included in CogFit as not ranked among high enough (modifiability/ effect size) | |||||
Traumatic brain injury | x | x | |||
Air pollution | x | ||||
Not included in CogFit as not modifiable in old age | |||||
Education | x | x | |||
Heart disease | x | x | |||
Not included in CogFit as not among the literature search hits | |||||
Vision loss | x | ||||
High cholesterol | x | x | x | x | |
Stroke | x | ||||
Pesticide exposure | x | ||||
