Contribution of smoking towards the association between socioeconomic position and dementia: 32-year follow-up of the Whitehall II prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Martina Raggi (Author), Aline Dugravot (Author), Linda Valeri (Author), Marcos D. Machado-Fragua (Author), Julien Dumurgier (Author), Mika Kivimaki (Author), Séverine Sabia (Author), Archana Singh-Manoux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: There is consistent evidence of social inequalities in dementia but the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. We examined the role of smoking in midlife in socioeconomic differences in dementia at older ages. Methods: Analyses were based on 9951 (67% men) partic...