from journal Neurology
Here is another of the many reasons to
be physically fit. A long-term study of
women started at an average age of fifty.
They were initially tested for their peak
cardiovascular capacity, then categorized
as highly fit, medium fitness or low
fitness. Over the next forty-four years
the women were tested for dementia six
times. During that time five percent of
the highly fit women developed dementia
compared to nearly one-third of the least
fit. Compared to moderately fit women,
those with highest fitness were nearly
ninety percent less likely to develop
dementia. When highly fit women did
develop dementia, it was an average of
eleven years later than women who were
moderately fit. The study appears in the
journal Neurology, from the American
Academy of Neurology.