Doctors from South Korea told about Alzheimer’s disease with one of the well-known ailments – metabolic syndrome, writes Daily Express.
According to them, patients with this common disease have 11 times greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease than people who have never suffered. “In patients with metabolic syndrome, the probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease is 11.48 times higher,” called the unexpected cause of the development of pathologies of scientists.
Biologists have studied the state and data of more than 84 thousand patients aged 60 and older. They came to the conclusion that diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity affect vessels. If before, doctors simply installed the connection between metabolic syndrome and dementia, now they have proven its effect on the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Metabolic syndrome – a complex of metabolic disorders, in which the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and a second-type diabetes is increased. The decrease in physical activity and the high-calorie nature of nutrition are the main reasons for the incidence of metabolic syndrome grows.
Earlier, the international team under the guidance of researchers of the Cambridge University stated that the neurodegenerative violation in the very initial stage of development simultaneously affects several areas of the brain, and does not begin at one point, which is the reason for the rapid progression of dementia.