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Miia Kivipelto

Researcher at Karolinska University Hospital

Publications -  516
Citations -  70761

Miia Kivipelto is an academic researcher from Karolinska University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Population. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 447 publications receiving 58328 citations. Previous affiliations of Miia Kivipelto include National Institute for Health and Welfare & National Institutes of Health.

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A multidomain, two-year, randomized controlled trial to prevent cognitive impairment: the finger study

TL;DR: The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) investigated the effects of a 2-year intervention targeting several lifestyle and vascular risk factors simultaneously, one of the first intervention trials in the world to take a multidomain approach to dementia prevention.
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Brain β-Amyloid and Atrophy in Individuals at Increased Risk of Cognitive Decline

TL;DR: Results show a significant association between increases in brain β-amyloid and reductions in regional GM volume in individuals at increased risk of cognitive decline, consistent with a model in which increases in β-Amyloid incite neurodegeneration in memory systems before cognitive impairment manifests.
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Quantifying dementia prevention potential in the FINGER randomized controlled trial using the LIBRA prevention index.

TL;DR: In the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER), the authors investigated in post hoc analyses whether the cognitive benefits of the 2-year multi-domain lifestyle intervention differed by baseline dementia risk measured with the "LIfestyle for BRAin Health" (LIBRA) score.
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Determinants of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Physical Fitness in Middle and Old Age

TL;DR: SRH and SRF are considered reliable indicators of mental and physical health status, and should be accorded more importance when evaluating health among middle-aged and older people.