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To evaluate whether low educational attainment is a risk factor for the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease(AD)in the Framingham Study and to determine whether age at onset of dementia is earlier in persons with low educational levels.After age adjustment,low educational attainment was not a significant risk factor for the incidence of dementia generally or of AD.Low educational attainment was associated with increased risk of non-AD dementia,perhaps because of deleterious smoking habits and other risk factors for stroke in the least-educated individuals.Adequately adjusting for age and examining subtypes of dementia are important in assessing the influence of education on dementia incidence. |
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