... (controls) and patients affected by LOAD, mild cognitive impairment, or vascular dementia (VD). The sample was stratified by plasma Klotho tertiles. Results: Lower levels of plasma Klotho (1st tertile) were associated with older age, higher prevalence of VD, single/multiple lacunar infarcts...

... investigated the prospective relationship of serum TSH with the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) in an elderly cohort with a 4-year follow-up. Methods: Data are for 660 subjects aged 65 years and older from an Italian population-based...

.... Alzheimerߣs disease Vascular dementia Rehabilitation Prevention Cardiovascular disease Accidental falls Bridging the Gap between Clinical and Behavioural Gerontology Part I: Promoting Late-Life Mobility and Independence Gerontology 2011;57:265 275 DOI: 10.1159/000322198 Published online: October 27...

... from 5.4% in 1985 to 3.3% in 1992 for men, while it was changed little from 7.5 to 6.3% for women. The prevalence of vascular dementia (VD) decreased during the intervening 7 years in men but not in women. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s type (SDAT) was the same in either sex. The ratio of VD to SDAT...

..., University of Verona, Italy Key Words Vascular dementia Multi-infarct dementia Cerebrovascular disease Alzheimer s disease Mixed dementia Computerized tomography Leukoaraiosis Computed Tomography in the Detection of the Vascular Component in Dementia Abstract We evaluated the presence and type of vascular...

..., and higher incidence of AD among the siblings than among the parents. Yet presenile and senile AD cases are sometimes found in the same family. The heredity factors involved in AD may be partially common for the presenile and senile forms. Vascular dementia (VD): In families of VD probands, the incidence...

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...: To estimate the impact of dementia on specific mortality risks. Methods: We applied DSM-III/R criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) to 2,172 subjects of the Adult Health Study of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation who were 60 or more years old when examined from 1992 to 1996...

.... Conclusion: There is sufficient evidence to take seriously the possibility that depression is a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline. Further work is needed to examine depression as a prodrome of vascular dementia, depression as an early reaction to perceived cognitive decline, the effects...

...H. Seno; H. Ishino; T. Inagaki; M. Iijima; K. Kaku; T. Inata Background: In Japan, vascular dementia (VD) has been responsible for the majority of all dementia cases in both epidemiological and neuropathological studies. Recently, however, several epidemiological investigations have shown...