10.18453/rosdok_id00005102 Reinke, Constantin Constantin Reinke http://d-nb.info/gnd/1389086097 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-1794 Universität Rostock 2024 300 Social sciences 610 Medical sciences Medicine 2024 en https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00005102 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00005102-0 The thesis focuses on risk factors for dementia, with the aim of the work being to identify and better understand risk factors for the prevention and early detection of dementia. Four studies were conducted to achieve this. These studies analyzed German health claims data and data from the Dutch Lifelines cohort study. The studies deal with the identification of risk factors, the role of diabetes in the relationship between education and cognition, and the development of dementia risk over time subsequent to a diagnosis of diabetes or depression.