‘I would want to plan’: readers on whether they would be tested to predict dementia

A test that could predict your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or dementia is beginning NHS trials. Readers share their reasons on whether they would take it or not

A five-minute test that could predict your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia in up to 15 years' time is beginning NHS trials.

There are more than 850,000 people in the UK who have dementia, and the condition affects one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six people over 80.