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Risk factors for dementia: Evidence from the liverpool study of continuing health in the community

✍ Scribed by Michael E. Dewey; Ian A. Davidson; John R. M. Copeland

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 396 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930030403

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✦ Synopsis

One thousand and seventy residents in the community in Liverpool aged 65 and ovcr were interviewed using the GMS~-AGECAT package. Various suggested risk factors for Alzheimer's disease were examined. Our results are in line with the conclusions drawn from earlier case-control studies: most of the factors are not associated with a change in risk. An important new result was the finding that a history of headache or dizziness led to a reduced risk of subsequent dementia. This finding is consistent with that of Heyman et al. (1984), although it was not statistically significant in their smaller study. K t k W O R D \ -Risk factors, dementia, epidemiological survey

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