The researchers said their method is 80 accurate.
Scientists say they have developed a new method that can predict dementia up to nine years before diagnosis, with 80% accuracy.
They said this technique has the “potential to fill an enormous clinical gap” by identifying people who are at risk of dementia and treating them before symptoms start to show. The researchers developed a model that was able to predict which people in this group would go on to be diagnosed with dementia.
Prof Marshall, who led the research team within the Centre for Preventive Neurology at Queen Mary’s Wolfson Institute of Population Health, said: “Predicting who is going to get dementia in the future will be vital for developing treatments that can prevent the irreversible loss of brain cells that causes the symptoms of dementia.
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