TV doctor Elena Malysheva, as part of the program “Live Healthy!”, told who is at greater risk.
According to the specialist, first of all, we are talking about those men and women who suffer from high blood pressure.
Normal values are 130 to 80, but if they are even 10 mm higher, a person’s risk of developing dementia increases by 20 percent.
In situations where the indicators are 50 mm higher, Alzheimer's is inevitable.
In addition, according to the doctor, it is also necessary to pay attention to other indicators.
For example, the cholesterol level is important. If it is elevated, then cholesterol plaques lead to disruption of the blood supply to the brain, the organ begins to experience a deficiency of oxygen and nutrition.
The upper limit of the normal total cholesterol level should be considered to be 5.5 mmol/l.
As a result, if cholesterol is increased by three units, the risk of dementia increases by 9 percent.
