ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022
B vitamin intakes modify the association between particulate air pollutants and incidence of all-cause dementia: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study.
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- Air pollution: a latent key driving force of dementia.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Ambient air pollution and clinical dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Ambient particulate matters are associated with attenuation or reversal of positive association between Folate and cognitive function in Chinese older adults.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A critical review of potential modifiers of air pollutant associations with dementia and related outcomes.Neurotoxicology · 2026Review
- Implication of Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Implications.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Review
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Abstract
introductionParticulate air pollutants may induce neurotoxicity by increasing homocysteine levels, which can be lowered by high B vitamin intakes. Therefore, we examined whether intakes of three B vitamins (folate, B
methodsThis study included 7183 women aged 65 to 80 years at baseline. B vitamin intakes from diet and supplements were estimated by food frequency questionnaires at baseline. The 3-year average PM
resultsDuring a mean follow-up of 9 years, 342 participants developed all-cause dementia. We found that residing in locations with PM DISCUSSION: This is the first study suggesting that the putative neurotoxicity of PM
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