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To the Editor: Verghese et al. (June 19 issue)¹ report that participation in cognitive leisure activities reduces the risk of dementia in subjects older than 75 years of age.¹ We reexamined this relation in the Leiden 85-plus Study, a prospective, population-based study of 599 subjects at least 85 years old.² All the subjects were visited annually for measurements of global cognitive function, cognitive speed, and memory during a mean follow-up of 3.6 years. Because the number of cognitive leisure activities at base line was significantly lower in those with poor cognitive function and in those with depressive symptoms, we restricted . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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