Hormone from Fat Cells Make Fat Women Easy Senile

News Health Articles - Hormone from Fat Cells Make Fat Women Easy Senile. Some causes of dementia risk factors such as age and family history are not preventable. More recently, a study showed that a hormone produced in people who are overweight can be a cause of dementia risk factors, especially for women.

According to the World Alzheimer's Report, there are currently 36 million people affected by symptoms of dementia worldwide, and the numbers will double in 20 years. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and attacked 80 percent of elderly people worldwide.



Alzheimer's Association says two-thirds of people with Alzheimer's are women. In the United States, among the 5.4 million people with Alzheimer's disease, 96 percent of whom are those who are over the age of 65 years.

A report in the journal Archives of Neurology found that elevated levels of the hormone adiponectin may increase the risk of loss of brain function and Alzheimer's disease. Adiponectin is a hormone produced by fat cells that helps regulate the body's response to insulin and metabolism.

High levels of adiponectin may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the study found that elderly women who have experienced dementia also have this hormone in the higher levels.

"We hope that adiponectin may protect against dementia, but it was just the opposite," said researcher, Dr. Ernst Schaefer, director of Fat Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University as reported by CNN Health, Tuesday (01/03/2012).

The authors of the study monitored 841 men and women enrolled in the study called the Framingham Heart Study. The study began tracking more than 5,000 patients in 1948 to determine factors that cause heart disease and blood vessels.

At first, the Framingham Heart Study have equal numbers of men and women the same, but at the time of the dementia patients studied, the majority of patients still are women.

Of the 541 women who were monitored senility for 13 years, 159 people experienced some form of dementia, including 125 cases of Alzheimer's disease. The researchers found that elevated levels of adiponectin increase the likelihood of dementia and Alzheimer's by 60% by 90%.

Schaefer suggested that research into dementia may show the relationship between nutrition and dementia. Adiponectin level was found to correlate inversely with body mass index (BMI). Older women with higher BMI were found to have lower adiponectin levels, and lower risk of dementia.

Being overweight brings a lot of effects that can lead to other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. As people age, nutrition should be a major concern.