Chennai, April 17 -- Highlights :

* The risk of developing dementia in low and middle-income countries can be reduced by half, reveals a recent study

* A third of dementia cases is attributable //to nine modifiable (i.e., can be controlled) risk factors including low education, smoking, hearing loss, obesity, hypertension, physical inactivity, depression, social isolation and diabetes

* The prevalence of dementia associated with these risk factors in China is 40 percent, 41 percent in India and 56 percent in Latin America; managing these can significantly reduce dementia cases in these nations

Dementia risk can be significantly reduced in low and middle-income nations if certain modifiable risk factors are addressed earlier, as per a ...