Number of children and risk of dementia: a cohort study
The number of children was not consistently associated with the risk of dementia. We observed a greater risk of dementia only among males who had ≥4 children, with the lower bound of the 95% CI marginally exceeding 1. These findings suggest that the number of children may influence the risk of dementia through other than pregnancy-related pathways.
Authors
- Pavla Brennan Kearns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9282-9363)
- Rebecca A. Hubbard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0879-0994)
- Sarah E. Tom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-5138)
- Katrin Wolfová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0295-8848)
- Eric B. Larson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-5360)
- Paul K. Crane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-7465)
- Virginia W. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-6989)
- Andrea Z. LaCroix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-976X)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Brown University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Human Longevity (United States) (US)
- New York University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-222717
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.44
Funders
- Kaiser Permanente
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging