Cardiovascular risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease
✍ Scribed by José A. Luchsinger; Richard Mayeux
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3804
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## Abstract ## Background Depressive symptoms in the elderly are associated with an increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. We sought to determine whether the association between depressive symptoms and AD is explained by a history of vascular risk factors and stroke. ## Methods Five hundred an
Thirty-six cases of patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease (CDAD) were identified from the dementia clinic of the Burke Rehabilitation Center. Controls were identified from the rehabilitative units of the same facility. Controls were matched for age within 5 years, sex, race, marital