Smoking is associated with an increased risk of dementia: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies with investigation of potential effect modifiers

G Zhong, Y Wang, Y Zhang, JJ Guo, Y Zhao - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Previous studies showed inconsistent results on the association of smoking
with all-cause dementia and vascular dementia (VaD), and are limited by inclusion of a …

Potential biomarkers for post-stroke cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KY Kim, KY Shin, KA Chang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Stroke is a primary debilitating disease in adults, occurring in 15 million individuals each
year and causing high mortality and disability rates. The latest estimate revealed that stroke …

Comparing the clinical utility and diagnostic performance of CSF P-Tau181, P-Tau217, and P-Tau231 assays

A Leuzy, S Janelidze, N Mattsson-Carlgren… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Phosphorylated tau (p-tau) in CSF is considered an important
biomarker in Alzheimer disease (AD) and has been incorporated in recent diagnostic …

Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

DHJ Davis, ST Creavin, JLY Yip… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Dementia is a progressive syndrome of global cognitive impairment with
significant health and social care costs. Global prevalence is projected to increase …

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–Canadian stroke network vascular cognitive impairment harmonization standards

V Hachinski, C Iadecola, RC Petersen, MM Breteler… - Stroke, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—One in 3 individuals will experience a stroke, dementia or both.
Moreover, twice as many individuals will have cognitive impairment short of dementia as …

Physical activity and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly persons

D Laurin, R Verreault, J Lindsay… - Archives of …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Context Dementia is common, costly, and highly age related. Little attention has been paid
to the identification of modifiable lifestyle habits for its prevention. Objective To explore the …

Prediction of dementia by subjective memory impairment: effects of severity and temporal association with cognitive impairment

F Jessen, B Wiese, C Bachmann… - Archives of general …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Subjective memory impairment (SMI) is receiving increasing attention as a pre-mild
cognitive impairment (MCI) condition in the course of the clinical manifestation of Alzheimer …

Effects of combined cognitive and exercise interventions on cognition in older adults with and without cognitive impairment: a systematic review

LLF Law, F Barnett, MK Yau, MA Gray - Ageing research reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Global concern on the potential impact of dementia is mounting. There are emerging calls
for studies in older populations to investigate the potential benefits of combining cognitive …

Predictors of caregiver burden in aged caregivers of demented older patients

CF Tsai, WS Hwang, JJ Lee, WF Wang, LC Huang… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Dementia in the oldest-old is projected to increase exponentially as is the
burden of their caregivers who may experience unique challenges and suffering. Thus, we …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe: a collaborative study of population-based cohorts

A Lobo, LJ Launer, L Fratiglioni, K Andersen… - Neurology, 2000 - researchgate.net
Article abstract: The last comparison of prevalence figures of dementia across European
studies was 10 years ago. Using studies conducted in the 1990s, the authors compare the …