... disease. We aimed to study the incidence of vascular dementia (VD) and other dementias in a defined population in Finland to better understand VD’s contribution to the total incidence of dementias and to assess the sensitivity of their diagnostics. Methods: We aimed to collect all dementia diagnoses made...

... of Alzheimer disease in patients with statin use was RR 0.69 (95% CI 0.60–0.80, p < 0.0001), and the overall pooled RR of statin use and vascular dementia risk was RR 0.93 (95% CI 0.74–1.16, p = 0.54). Conclusion: This study suggests that the use of statin is significantly associated with a decreased risk...

..., and laboratory investigations, when indicated. Results: The prevalence rate of dementia was 2.26% for the population aged ≥50 years. It increased steeply with age to a maximum of 18.48% for those aged ≥80 years. Alzheimer’s disease (51.2%) was the most common subtype, followed by vascular dementia (28.7...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cognitive performance Cognitive impairment Vascular dementia Vascular cognitive impairment Cerebrovascular disorders Metabolic syndrome National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Original Paper...

... and older) was 11.0 for all types of dementia, 7.0 for Alzheimer’s disease, 1.7 for vascular dementia, 0.53 for dementia with Lewy bodies, 0.74 for Parkinson’s disease dementia, 0.21 for progressive supranuclear palsy, 0.11 for frontotemporal lobar degeneration and 0.74 for other dementia. The overall...

... was 12.0 for men and 16.6 for women. Based on NINCDS-ADRDA criteria, 80 cases of probable Alzheimer disease (AD) and 50 cases of possible AD were diagnosed. Based on NINDS-AIREN criteria, 36 cases of probable vascular dementia (VaD) and 40 cases of possible VaD were diagnosed. Age and education showed...

... different for women and men. Alzheimer’s disease was the most frequent type of dementia (50%), followed by vascular dementia (27%). Of all cases of dementia, 41.84% were ranked as mild, 30.10% as moderate and 28.06% as severe. Conclusion: The prevalence of dementia in elderly people from the Caribbean coast...

..., Beijing, PR China; hDepartment of Medicine/Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Tex., USA Key Words Alzheimer s disease Vascular dementia Sociodemographics China Abstract Objective: To characterize sociodemographic variations in the prevalence of AD and VaD in China...

.... Dementia Alzheimer’s disease Vascular dementia Review Paper Neuroepidemiology 2005;25:153 162 DOI: 10.1159/000086680 Published online: June 29, 2005 Mortality in Dementia A Systematic Review Uta Guehne Stef Riedel-Heller Matthias C. Angermeyer Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie der Universität...

...S.M.C. Rasquin; J. Lodder; F.R.J. Verhey There is little agreement about the prevalence and incidence of vascular dementia (VaD) mainly because investigators have used different diagnostic criteria. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of different diagnostic criteria...

... disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) in a population cohort aged 75 and over in a rural area in Spain. Methods: A prospective population cohort study over a 5-year period in 8 rural villages in the province of Girona. The baseline study in 1990 identified 200 prevalent cases of dementia. The dementia...

...Hsiu-Fen Lin; Chiou-Lian Lai; Chih-Ta Tai; Ruey-Tay Lin; Ching-Kuan Liu This study aims to clarify the association between apolipoprotein E gene (ApoE) polymorphism, ischemic cerebrovascular diseases (ICVD) and vascular dementia (VaD) in Taiwan Chinese. 277 patients with ICVD, 49 patients...

...Olivier Piguet; David A. Grayson; Helen Creasey; Hayley P. Bennett; William S. Brooks; Louise M. Waite; G. Anthony Broe The specific contributions of factors associated with an increased risk of stroke to cognitive decline and vascular dementia in elderly people remain somewhat unclear. We...

... of (13.3%) incident dementia in the total sample, 227 (6.3%) prevalent dementia, 577 (16.0%) MCI, and 2,318 (64.4%) normal. The adjudication committee classified 69% of the incident dementia as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 11% as vascular dementia (VaD), 16% as both, and 4% as other types...

... Apolipoprotein E Risk factors Vascular dementia Original Paper Neuroepidemiology 2003;22:13 22 DOI: 10.1159/000067109 Risk Factors for Dementia in the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study Lewis H. Kullera Oscar L. Lopezb Anne Newmanc Norman J. Beauchampd Greg Burkef Corinne Dulbergg Annette Fitzpatrickh...

...Marie-France Dubois; Réjean Hébert Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second commonest subtype of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, its incidence has been studied much less extensively than that of AD. This article reviews the incidence data for VaD reported in the international...

... as having dementia in phase II. The prevalence ratios of dementia were 2.68% in the population aged 60 years and older, and 3.49% in the population aged 65 years and older. The prevalence rates among those aged 65 years and older were 1.85% for Alzheimer’s disease, 1.37% for vascular dementia and 0.27...

... for vascular dementia, and 2.0 for other dementia (including mixed dementia). The prevalence of dementia was slightly but consistently higher in men than women at all ages. The overall prevalence was higher in women for Alzheimer’s disease and in men for vascular dementia. 1998 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

...Ingmar Skoog The two most common causes of vascular dementia (VAD) are dementia evolving in connection with multiple small or large strokes and dementia related to ischemic white-matter lesions (WMLs) of the brain. The knowledge about risk factors for these disorders is still scarce. Besides...

...Brenda M. Thomas; Gerard McGonigal; Cecilia A. McQuade; John M. Starr; Lawrence J. Whalley We estimated survival of patients with early onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or vascular dementia (VaD) presenting to psychiatric hospitals in Scotland (1974–1988) and related this to age, gender and socio...