(CNN) Patterns of missing credit card and loan payments could be an early indicator of dementia years before diagnosis, a new study says. And, those poor financial actions led them to subprime credit scores two and a half years before diagnosis, as opposed to the patients without dementia. The wide data pool revealed that the patients who ultimately were diagnosed with dementia had early signs of financial symptoms. Patients with a lower level of education who later developed dementia started missing payments up to seven years before their diagnosis, the study said. "It's been known for a long time that financial capacity, or difficulties with financial decision-making, are an early marker and predictive of later dementia diagnosis."

Source: The Nation December 03, 2020 06:06 UTC