Studies have found that bone density scan helps to reveal the risk of dementia

Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, July 18th (Liu Shiyue) Australian Edis Curon University recently released a publicity saying that a international team led by the researcher at the university found that the degree of calcification of abdomen can reveal the risk of dementia in the elderly, and the disease risk of Alzheimer's disease, and and the risk of dementia, and the disease risk of Alzheimer's disease, and the risk of dementia, and the risk of dementia, and The degree of calcification of the abdomen can be achieved through common bone density scans. Related papers have been published in the academic journal "Liu Ye Dao · Regional Health -Western Pacific".

This is a long -term study involving 958 elderly women 70 and over. Researchers evaluated the calcification of the abdomen's active pulse based on their spine side bone density test data, and divided them into three groups: "low", "moderate", "heavy" according to the degree of calcification.

Studies have found that each of each of the two survey objects have a moderate and height of abdominal active pulse calcification. The results of health tracking for more than 10 years show that the risk of "moderate" and "severe" groups due to dementia and death is twice as much as the "low" group.

Researchers said that abdominal aorta is the largest artery of the human body and is responsible for transporting blood -containing blood from the heart to abdominal organs and lower limbs. The health status has always been an important factor in assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease. This new study shows that the degree of calcification of the abdomen can also be used to reveal the risk of dementia in the elderly, and the degree of calcification of the abdominal initiative is very simple. In the conventional bone density test, adding the scanning of the spine side position.

One of the researchers, Professor Simon Rolls at the University of Edis Curon said that in the field of dementia, it is often said to the brain that is beneficial to the heart. This study further confirmed this relationship. It is hoped that people will take intervention measures as soon as possible to reduce the risk of dementia through changes in eating habits and increased physical exercise.

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