The study was conducted by an international team of researchers, including some from USC.
A new study reveals two indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon have among the lowest rates of dementia in the world, according to an international team of researchers, including those from USC.
The researchers found among older Tsimane and Moseten people, only about 1% have dementia. By comparison, 11% of people age 65 and older living in the United States have dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Association. "Something about the pre-industrial subsistence lifestyle appears to protect older Tsimane and Moseten from dementia," Margaret Gatz, the lead study author and professor of psychology, gerontology and preventive medicine at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said in a statement.
The study was published in"Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.'' In the study, only five cases of dementia were reported among 435 Tsimane people and one case among 169 Moseten age 60 and older.
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