TRANSGENDER and non-binary adults may be at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in later life, due to key risk factors being more prevalent in this population.
Research recently published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association showed some risk factors for Alzheimer's disease are disproportionately higher in transgender men & women, and non-binary populations.
The researchers found non-binary adults had the highest rates of depression (49.8%), compared to biological men (13.8%), biological women (23.6%) and transgender women (30.7%).
They also found significantly higher rates of kidney problems among non-binary adults (8%) compared to biological men (0.9%) and biological women (1.3%).
Non-binary adults also showed the highest rates of physical inactivity (35.6%) compared to both biological men (23.2%) and women (23.9%), and higher CVD rates.
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