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Risk factors for dementia in the cardiovascular health cognition study.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2000
Kuller Lewis H, Lopez Oscar L, Newman Anne, Beauchamp Norman J, Burke Greg, Dulberg Corinne, Fitzpatrick Annette, Fried Linda, Haan Mary N
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BACKGROUND: The Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study has evaluated the determinants of dementia among 3,608 participants that had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in 1991 and were followed to 1998-1999. METHODS: There were 480 incident dementia cases, 330 (69%) were classified as Alzheimer's disease (AD). RESULTS: In univariate analysis, low scores on the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination...
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