Article
Risk factors for incident mild cognitive impairment--results from the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe).
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Apr 2010
Luck T, Riedel-Heller S G, Luppa M, Wiese B, Wollny A, Wagner M, Bickel H, Weyerer S, Pentzek M, Haller F, Moesch E, Werle J, Eisele M, Maier W, van den Bussche H, Kaduszkiewicz H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To provide age- and gender-specific incidence rates of MCI among elderly general practitioner (GP) patients (75+ years) and to identify risk factors for incident MCI. METHOD: Data were derived from the longitudinal German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe). Incidence was calculated according to the 'person-years-at-risk' method. Risk factors were analysed using...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Cognition
- Cognition Disorders
- Dementia
- Family Practice
- Female