(CNN) — How you manage a cluster of health conditions known as metabolic syndrome could have a big impact on whether you develop dementia at a young age, according to a new study.

Metabolic syndrome was associated with 24% higher risk of dementia at any age. However, poor metabolic health was a bigger cognitive risk for participants in their 40s than those in their 50s.

Metabolic syndrome components are tied to young-onset dementia risk, underscoring the need for prevention and management of related health conditions.

Now, according to the study, people with metabolic syndrome were maybe 24% more likely to develop dementia at a young age, meaning before 65. That doesn't sound terribly high.

Metabolic syndrome was a risk factor for developing young-onset dementia, along with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, among individuals in South Korea, according to data published in ...

Researchers analyzed the markers of metabolic syndrome and who developed young-onset dementia between 2009 and the end of 2020, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.

People who had metabolic syndrome, or a combination of those components, were 24% more likely to develop dementia at a young age, the data showed.

Researchers analyzed the markers of metabolic syndrome and who developed young-onset dementia between 2009 and the end of 2020, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — How you manage a cluster of health conditions known as metabolic syndrome could have a big impact on whether you develop dementia at a young age, according to a ...

“The key takeaway (of the study) is that metabolic syndrome significantly increases the risk of developing young-onset dementia,” which is dementia before age 65, said principal study ...