Leggy ladies and thin men do not susceptible to Alzheimer's disease

The United States, "Neurology" magazine published a new study results: leggy, tall, slim man, Ms., and even fewer have dementia

Johns Hopkins University researchers have measured the 2798 average age of 72-year-old men and women of the limbs, after five years of continuous monitoring found that the relative average leg length for each inch legs, Ms. growth 16% lower risk of dementia patients; and men for each inch increase in arm will reduce the prevalence of 6% chance.

 

 

Scientists, the initial interpretation of this is: short stature who may not be very good early nutrition, thereby affecting the body's perfect, and thus more likely to get on in old age dementia.