Healthy lifestyle linked to better cognition for oldest adults—regardless of genetic risk

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Healthy lifestyle linked to better cognition for oldest adults—regardless of genetic risk

A new analysis of adults aged 80 years and older shows that a healthier lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment, and that this link does not depend on whether a person carries a particular form of the gene APOE. Xurui Jin of Duke Kunshan University in Jiangsu, China, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

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