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Personality and risk of Alzheimer's disease: New data and meta-analysis

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Whether broad factors and specific facets of personality are associated with increased risk of incident Alzheimer's disease in a long‐run longitudinal study and a meta‐analysis of published studies is examined.
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Background We examine whether broad factors and specific facets of personality are associated with increased risk of incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a long-run longitudinal study and a meta-analysis of published studies. Methods Participants (n = 1671) were monitored for up to 22 years from a baseline personality assessment. The meta-analysis pooled results from up to five prospective studies (n = 5054). Results Individuals with scores in the top quartile of neuroticism (hazard ratio=3.1; 95% confidence interval=1.6–6.0) or the lowest quartile of conscientiousness (hazard ratio = 3.3; 95% confidence interval=1.4–7.4) had a threefold increased risk of incident AD. Among the components of these traits, self-discipline and depression had the strongest associations with incident AD. The meta-analysis confirmed the associations of neuroticism ( P = 2 × 10 −9 ) and conscientiousness ( P = 2 × 10 −6 ), along with weaker effects for openness and agreeableness ( P Conclusions The current study and meta-analysis indicate that personality traits are associated with increased risk of AD, with effect sizes similar to those of well-established clinical and lifestyle risk factors.

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