The authors determined the prevalence of dementia in 338 (response rate 65%) 95-year-old persons, living in Göteborg, Sweden, and compared the result with a previously examined population sample of 85 year olds. The prevalence of dementia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd rev. ed) was higher in women (55%) than in men (37%) at age 95, and the proportion of mild dementia and vascular dementia was lower in 95 than in 85 year olds.
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December 2024
Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
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Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, NCRC 016-308E, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord
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Department of Cognition, Brain & Behavior Lab of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki.
Objective: Sleep disturbance is considered a risk factor for cognitive decline in elderly individuals. Our aim in the current study was to investigate whether baseline sleep parameters can predict the conversion from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment or dementia at follow-up. The Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet is a longitudinal population-based study designed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of cognitive decline and dementia in the older Greek population.
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December 2024
School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia.
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