LOS ANGELES: Researchers from University College London have developed an algorithm that uses medical data to predict a 5-year risk of dementia.
The algorithm assesses factors like age, sex, social interaction, smoking, body mass index, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation, aspirin use, and depression, the study authors said.
The risk score proved accurate when researchers used it to assess the records of 226,140 patients aged 60 to 79…