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Brain scans improve dementia risk ranking beyond frailty
A simplified score achieved 0.843 on a measure of risk ranking, while a fuller model outperformed frailty alone over 10 years.A simplified score achieved 0.843 on a measure of risk ranking, while a fuller model outperformed frailty alone over 10 years.
Cohort · 63,509 peopleIncident dementia
Who was studied63,509 dementia-free UK Biobank participants, 10 years
What changedCombining frailty and brain scans improved dementia risk ranking beyond frailty alone, with a ranking score of 0.825
The catchDementia risk-ranking performance lacks external validation