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forgetfulness 健忘

dementia 痴呆症

warning signs 警告信号

Memory loss and forgetfulness are common warning signs for dementia. But a dulling of the senses also appears to be associated with dementia.

失忆和健忘都是痴呆症的常见警告信号。但感觉迟钝似乎也与痴呆有关。

epidemiologist 流行病学家

"Smell is definitely the strongest one we found, but it does seem like it's not just smell." Willa Brenowitz, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco. "嗅觉是我们发现的影响因素，但好像不仅仅是嗅觉。" 加州大学旧金山分校的流行病学家Willa Brenowitz说道。

cognitive decline 认知能力下降

Her team studied cognitive decline in 1800 adults from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study-which tracked the health and mental function of older adults over a 17-year period.她的团队在《健康、衰老和身体构成》的研究中研究了1800名成年人的认知能力下降问题。该研究对老年人的健康和心理功能进行了长达17年的跟踪。

complete sensory tests 完成感官功能测试

hearing, smell, touch and vision听觉、嗅觉、触觉和视觉

During the study, the subjects completed sensory tests-including hearing, smell, touch and vision.在研究过程中，受试者完成了感官功能测试--包括听觉、嗅觉、触觉和视觉。

sensory abilities感官能力

mental function 精神功能

Brenowitz's team then compared the adults' overall sensory abilities to their mental function. The results?然后，他们比较了成年人的整体感官能力和他们的精神功能。结果呢?

have a lower risk of dementia患痴呆症的风险较低

"Those with better function had a lower risk of dementia. And with worse sensory function, they had higher risk of dementia.""那些感觉功能较好的人患痴呆症的风险较低，感觉功能更差的人患痴呆症的风险更高。"

have the strongest link to dementia 与痴呆的联系最为紧密

A decline in smell, in particular, had the strongest link to dementia. The results are in the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association: Alzheimer's & Dementia.

尤其是嗅觉的下降与痴呆的联系最为紧密。研究结果发表在《阿尔茨海默氏症协会杂志：阿尔茨海默氏症与痴呆症》上。

screen for the disease 筛查该疾病

The scientists were just studying correlations here. But Brenowitz says if they can figure out how well multisensory decline predicts dementia risk, it might give doctors another tool to screen for the disease.科学家只是研究其中相关性。但是，Brenowitz说，如果他们能弄清楚多感官功能下降与患痴呆症风险之间的关系，可能会给医生提供另一种筛查该疾病的工具。