Article
Relation between smoking and risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease: the Rotterdam Study.
Neurology - 4 Sept 2007
Reitz C, den Heijer T, van Duijn C, Hofman A, Breteler M M B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies relating smoking with the risk of dementia have been inconsistent and limited in their validity by short follow-up times, large intervals between baseline and follow-up assessments, and unspecific determination of dementia diagnosis. We re-assessed after longer follow-up time in the large population-based cohort of the Rotterdam Study whether smoking habits and...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Cohort Studies
- Dementia
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Netherlands