Life continues

John Starr

Scattergram with regression line of MHT and NART in people with dementia

MHT age 110 20 40 60 80

NA

RT

Sco

re

0

10

20

30

40

50

Scattergram with regression lines of MHT and NART in people with and

without dementia

MHT age 110 20 40 60 80

NA

RT

Sco

re

0

10

20

30

40

50

Col 8 vs Col 9

Col 10 vs Col 11 Dementia

No dementia

Emotionalstability

Extraversion

Intellect

Agreeableness

Conscientiousness

And so• People are all different from each other

– Differences increase with age– Individualised health strategies– Consider risk– Consider personality

• People stay remarkably the same throughout their lives– Lifecourse approach essential

With thanks to

• Our funders– Age UK, MRC, BBSRC, CSO

• Our team– Ian Deary, Lawrence Whalley & many more

• Our participants– LBC1921– LBC1936