Table 2 Estimated PAFs (participants estimated these on a visual analogue scale with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20%) for the nine dementia risk factors
From: What do young Australian adults know about modifiable risk factors for dementia?
Estimated by participants | From Livington et al. [4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | PAF | |
Hypertension in midlife | 12.37 | 4.35 | 2 |
Hearing loss in midlife | 9.94 | 4.79 | 9 |
Depression in late-life | 14.02 | 4.42 | 4 |
Social isolation in late-life | 14.32 | 4.74 | 2 |
Less education in early-life | 10.41 | 5.33 | 8 |
Obesity in mid-life | 12.08 | 4.74 | 1 |
Smoking in late-life | 12.75 | 5.07 | 6 |
Physical inactivity in late-life | 14.03 | 4.46 | 3 |
Diabetes in late-life | 12.29 | 4.64 | 1 |