Ciesielski et al. address the weaknesses of individual-level studies for population-level inference on the role of lipid consumption in dementia. In cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 183 countries, they find that the age-standardized incidence of dementia increases with mean country-level intake of omega6 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- Timothy H. Ciesielski
- Giuseppe Tosto
- Scott M. Williams