Background China has a large population of older people, but has not yet undertaken a
comprehensive study on the prevalence, risk factors, and management of both dementia …

Background China is increasingly facing the challenge of control of the growing burden of
non-communicable diseases. We assessed the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and …

Background: To establish a prospective cohort to enumerate the prevalence, incidence and
risk factors for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among residents aged≥ 60 in …

Background Current projections of the scale of the coming dementia epidemic assume that
the age-and sex-specific prevalence of dementia will not vary over time, and that population …

Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) induced the majority number of dementia
patients. The prevalence of MCI in China varied across studies with different screening tools …

Background Results of the few cohort studies from countries with low incomes or middle
incomes suggest a lower incidence of dementia than in high-income countries. We …

Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate phase between normal
cognitive ageing and overt dementia, with amnesic MCI (aMCI) being the dominant subtype …

Background Substantial variations in the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
have been reported, although mostly in Western countries. Less is known about MCI in the …

Background: the prevalence of dementia in China has risen dramatically in recent decades,
but it is not well understood the status in the elderly population in Zhejiang province, eastern …

Background. We describe the trends in prevalence and mortality of dementia among older
people in Hong Kong over time. Projections of the number of older people with dementia …