Television and computer use and dementia risk in older adults with limited leisure or social activities: A prospective cohort study - PubMed
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- Study on TV/computer use and dementia risk in socially inactive older adults.
- 89,671 dementia-free, socially inactive adults aged ≥55 followed for 12.2 years.
- Moderate computer use (≤2.4 h/day) linked to lower dementia risk.
- Higher computer use (>2.4 h/day) associated with increased dementia risk.
- TV viewing >2.06 h/day linked to higher dementia risk, especially vascular dementia.
- Heavy computer use more harmful in APOE-ε4 homozygotes.
- Higher TV viewing more harmful in adults under 65.
- Moderate computer use may be protective in socially inactive older adults.