People from less privileged background at greater risk of developing condition under age of 65, study finds

People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are more than three times as likely to experience early-onset dementia, a study has found.

The study, published in the Lancet Healthy Longevity journal and conducted by researchers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, used UK BioBank data of more than 440,000 participants aged between 37 and 73.

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