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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2019

Alzheimer's disease: risk factors and potentially protective measures.

Marcos Vinícius Ferreira Silva, Cristina de Mello Gomide Loures, Luan Carlos Vieira Alves, Leonardo Cruz de Souza, Karina Braga Gomes Borges, Maria das Graças Carvalho

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 437 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
437citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
35.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

437 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 913 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Novel genetic profile linked to cognitive decline in Hispanics/Latinos.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  15. New Genetic Associations Between Alzheimer's Disease and Its Key Risk Factors.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2026
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  19. Data Driven Stochastic Model for Detecting Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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377 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcos Vinícius Ferreira SilvaFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil. marcosvfs02@yahoo.com.br.
Cristina de Mello Gomide LouresFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Luan Carlos Vieira AlvesFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Leonardo Cruz de SouzaFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190 - Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30130-100, Brazil.
Karina Braga Gomes BorgesFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Maria das Graças CarvalhoFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and typically manifests through a progressive loss of episodic memory and cognitive function, subsequently causing language and visuospatial skills deficiencies, which are often accompanied by behavioral disorders such as apathy, aggressiveness and depression. The presence of extracellular plaques of insoluble β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) containing hyperphosphorylated tau protein (P-tau) in the neuronal cytoplasm is a remarkable pathophysiological cause in patients' brains. Approximately 70% of the risk of developing AD can be attributed to genetics. However, acquired factors such as cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia increase the risk of AD development. The aim of the present minireview was to summarize the pathophysiological mechanism and the main risk factors for AD. As a complement, some protective factors associated with a lower risk of disease incidence, such as cognitive reserve, physical activity and diet will also be addressed.

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Cognitive ReserveDietExerciseAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedProtective FactorsRisk FactorsAcquired risk factorsAlzheimer’s diseaseGenetic risk factors

Identifiers

PMID31072403
PMCPMC6507104
OpenAlexW2947686928

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