Christina Dintica, PhD
Specialist
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Medical Science Karolinska Institutet 05/2020
• MSc Cognitive Science University of Vienna 07/2017
• BA Psychology University of Glasgow 07/2014

Interests

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• Dementia
• Neuroimaging
• Aging

Websites

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• @CDintica on Twitter (twitter.com)
• Posts on X CDintica (X.com)

Publications (30)

Top publication keywords:
DementiaHearing LossCognitionDepressionTooth LossLeisure ActivitiesBite ForceCognitive DysfunctionAgingBrainVeteransSmellOlfaction DisordersMasticationDental Occlusion

• Social Determinants of Health in Early to Mid-Adulthood and Risk of Early-Onset Stroke.
  Stroke 2026 Fleming N, Dintica C, Arynchyn A, Lloyd-Jones DM, Lackland D, Yaffe K
• Incidence and risk factors for AD/ADRD among American Indian and Alaska Native US Veterans.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026 Dintica CS, Bahorik A, Xia F, Boscardin J, Parko K, Yaffe K
• Comprehensive social determinants of health and brain health in midlife.
  The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2026 Dintica CS, Cheunkarndee J, Bryan RN, Launer LJ, Yaffe K
• Cardiovascular Health at Midlife and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2026 Dintica CS, Jiang X, Shaw LM, Bryan RN, Yaffe K
• The Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarkers in Midlife.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2026 Dintica CS, Porwal G, Caunca M, Fleming N, Bryan RN, Yaffe K

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• Depressive symptoms and plasma AT(N) biomarkers among cognitively healthy and mild cognitively impaired in a diverse cohort.
  Neurobiology of aging 2025 Dintica CS, Johnson L, Petersen M, O'Bryant S, Yaffe K
• Regional Differences in Dementia Incidence Among US Veterans.
  JAMA neurology 2025 Dintica CS, Bahorik AL, Xia F, Boscardin J, Yaffe K
• Assessing the Global Impact of Brain Small Vessel Disease on Cognition: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025 Charisis S, Rashid T, Dintica C, Gonzales M, Liu H, Ware JB, Austin TR, Jensen PN, Fohner AE, Tanley JE, Ding J, Luchsinger JA, Sachs B, Nasrallah IM, Bryan RN, Hayden KM, Wolk D, Rascovsky K, …
• Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and incidence of dementia among older adults.
  The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025 Jiang X, Bahorik AL, Dintica CS, Yaffe K
• Life's Essential 8 and midlife trajectories in cognition and brain health: The CARDIA study.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024 Dintica CS, Jiang X, Launer LJ, Bryan RN, Yaffe K
• Association of Self-Reported Sleep Characteristics With Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Aging Years Later in Middle-Aged Adults.
  Neurology 2024 Cavaillès C, Dintica C, Habes M, Leng Y, Carnethon MR, Yaffe K
• Trajectories in depressive symptoms and midlife brain health.
  Translational psychiatry 2024 Dintica CS, Habes M, Schreiner PJ, Launer LJ, Yaffe K
• The Association Between Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Trajectories Among Older Adults.
  Innovation in aging 2024 Khalaila R, Dintica C, Yaffe K
• Dementia Risk and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.
  JAMA neurology 2023 Dintica CS, Bahorik A, Xia F, Kind A, Yaffe K
• Association Between Sensory Impairment and Dementia: The Roles of Social Network and Leisure Activity.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Dintica CS, Calderón-Larrañaga A, Vetrano DL, Xu W
• Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Dementia.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2022 Dintica CS, Yaffe K
• Long-term depressive symptoms and midlife brain age.
  Journal of affective disorders 2022 Dintica CS, Habes M, Erus G, Simone T, Schreiner P, Yaffe K
• The Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated With Lower Cognitive Performance and Reduced White Matter Integrity in Midlife: The CARDIA Study.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2022 Dintica CS, Hoang T, Allen N, Sidney S, Yaffe K
• Elevated blood pressure is associated with advanced brain aging in mid-life: A 30-year follow-up of The CARDIA Study.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2022 Dintica CS, Habes M, Erus G, Vittinghoff E, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah IM, Launer LJ, Sidney S, Yaffe K
• Loneliness, Not Social Support, Is Associated with Cognitive Decline and Dementia Across Two Longitudinal Population-Based Cohorts.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Freak-Poli R, Wagemaker N, Wang R, Lysen TS, Ikram MA, Vernooij MW, Dintica CS, Vernooij-Dassen M, Melis RJF, Laukka EJ, Fratiglioni L, Xu W, Tiemeier H
• Joint trajectories of episodic memory and odor identification in older adults: patterns and predictors.
  Aging 2021 Dintica CS, Haaksma ML, Olofsson JK, Bennett DA, Xu W
• Shared risk and protective factors between Alzheimer's disease and ischemic stroke: A population-based longitudinal study.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021 Wang R, Qiu C, Dintica CS, Shang Y, Calderón Larrañaga A, Wang HX, Xu W
• Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk, Structural Brain Changes, and Cognitive Decline.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020 Song R, Xu H, Dintica CS, Pan KY, Qi X, Buchman AS, Bennett DA, Xu W
• The relation of poor mastication with cognition and dementia risk: a population-based longitudinal study.
  Aging 2020 Dintica CS, Marseglia A, Wårdh I, Stjernfeldt Elgestad P, Rizzuto D, Shang Y, Xu W, Pedersen NL
• Association of lifespan cognitive reserve indicator with the risk of mild cognitive impairment and its progression to dementia.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Xu H, Yang R, Dintica C, Qi X, Song R, Bennett DA, Xu W
• The Role of Cognitive Impairment, Physical Disability, and Chronic Conditions in the Association of Sleep Duration With All-Cause Mortality Among Very Old Adults.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2020 Cao Z, Dintica C, Shang Y, Cheng Y, Li S, Yang H, Sun L, Xu W, Wang Y
• Leisure activity and social integration mitigate the risk of dementia related to cardiometabolic diseases: A population-based longitudinal study.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Wang Z, Marseglia A, Shang Y, Dintica C, Patrone C, Xu W
• Association of Lifespan Cognitive Reserve Indicator With Dementia Risk in the Presence of Brain Pathologies.
  JAMA neurology 2019 Xu H, Yang R, Qi X, Dintica C, Song R, Bennett DA, Xu W
• Impaired olfaction is associated with cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in the brain.
  Neurology 2019 Dintica CS, Marseglia A, Rizzuto D, Wang R, Seubert J, Arfanakis K, Bennett DA, Xu W
• Tooth loss is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and volumetric brain differences: a population-based study.
  Neurobiology of aging 2018 Dintica CS, Rizzuto D, Marseglia A, Kalpouzos G, Welmer AK, Wårdh I, Bäckman L, Xu W