Tom C Russ1, Lewis O J Killin2, Jean Hannah3, G David Batty4, Ian J Deary5, John M Starr6. 1. Co-Director, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh; Member, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Centre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh; and Principal Investigator, Scottish Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, NHS Scotland, UK. 2. Scottish Dementia Informatics Platform Project Manager, Centre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh; and Clinical Studies Officer, Scottish Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, NHS Scotland, UK. 3. University of Stirling, UK. 4. Member, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh; Member, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh; and Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. 5. Director, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, UK. 6. Director, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh; and Co-Director, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Environmental risk factors for dementia are poorly understood. Aluminium and fluorine in drinking water have been linked with dementia but uncertainties remain about this relationship. AIMS: In the largest longitudinal study in this context, we set out to explore the individual effect of aluminium and fluoride in drinking water on dementia risk and, as fluorine can increase absorption of aluminium, we also examine any synergistic influence on dementia. METHOD: We used Cox models to investigate the association between mean aluminium and fluoride levels in drinking water at their residential location (collected 2005-2012 by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland) with dementia in members of the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 cohort who were alive in 2005. RESULTS: A total of 1972 out of 6990 individuals developed dementia by the linkage date in 2012. Dementia risk was raised with increasing mean aluminium levels in women (hazard ratio per s.d. increase 1.09, 95% CI 1.03-1.15, P < 0.001) and men (1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.21, P = 0.004). A dose-response pattern of association was observed between mean fluoride levels and dementia in women (1.34, 95% CI 1.28-1.41, P < 0.001) and men (1.30, 95% CI 1.22-1.39, P < 0.001), with dementia risk more than doubled in the highest quartile compared with the lowest. There was no statistical interaction between aluminium and fluoride levels in relation with dementia. CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of aluminium and fluoride were related to dementia risk in a population of men and women who consumed relatively low drinking-water levels of both.
BACKGROUND: Environmental risk factors for dementia are poorly understood. Aluminium and fluorine in drinking water have been linked with dementia but uncertainties remain about this relationship. AIMS: In the largest longitudinal study in this context, we set out to explore the individual effect of aluminium and fluoride in drinking water on dementia risk and, as fluorine can increase absorption of aluminium, we also examine any synergistic influence on dementia. METHOD: We used Cox models to investigate the association between mean aluminium and fluoride levels in drinking water at their residential location (collected 2005-2012 by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland) with dementia in members of the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 cohort who were alive in 2005. RESULTS: A total of 1972 out of 6990 individuals developed dementia by the linkage date in 2012. Dementia risk was raised with increasing mean aluminium levels in women (hazard ratio per s.d. increase 1.09, 95% CI 1.03-1.15, P < 0.001) and men (1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.21, P = 0.004). A dose-response pattern of association was observed between mean fluoride levels and dementia in women (1.34, 95% CI 1.28-1.41, P < 0.001) and men (1.30, 95% CI 1.22-1.39, P < 0.001), with dementia risk more than doubled in the highest quartile compared with the lowest. There was no statistical interaction between aluminium and fluoride levels in relation with dementia. CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of aluminium and fluoride were related to dementia risk in a population of men and women who consumed relatively low drinking-water levels of both.
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