nanoatzin OP t1_iqorrc0 wrote
Reply to comment by New-Difference9684 in As for magnesium levels, both those in the high and the low group were significantly more likely to develop dementia compared with those in the middle group. by nanoatzin
That’s the average for people in their early 80s, but risk rises very fast after that.
About 1 in 3 people that reach 90 are likely to die from dementia complications.
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Gawd4 t1_iqpzc0t wrote
With modern early detection and treatment. The incidence of severe dementia can probably be reduced significantly in the future.
New-Difference9684 t1_iqpcdgq wrote
The study data shows there is no difference across all three groups so magnesium was not a factor
nanoatzin OP t1_iqpmpt2 wrote
This article actually says:
> Namely, Dr. Kieboom and team performed further analyses in which they excluded dementia cases diagnosed in the first 4 years after magnesium measurements were taken. The results were similar, which, the authors write, “[strengthens] the possibility of a causal relationship.”
The articles that are written by journalists are more readable.
Correlation isn’t causation, but it will probably be decades before magnesium investigated by pharmaceutical companies if it happens.
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