PMC

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551297/

Highlights

• This nationwide, door-to-door survey demonstrated significantly higher prevalence of dementia in rural areas with rural/urban ratio being 1.9, and the urbanization effects were more significant in women with the ratio up to more than 5 in women at the age of 65-74 years.
• Urbanization level was an independent associated factor for mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
• Impacts of factors such as sex and regular exercise on dementia varied among different urbanization status.
• Because of the inequality of medical services between urbanization levels, interventions of dementia prevention specifically for rural or urban residents are suggested in future public health policy.

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