Article
Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Wang P N, Wang S J, Hong C J, Liu T T, Fuh J L, Chi C W, Liu C Y, Liu H C
Abstract excerpt
The extent of current knowledge of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still limited. We conducted a case-control study of 98 AD patients and 98 age- and sex-matched controls. Light smoking had a decreased risk for AD (AD: 2.0%, controls: 21.4%, odds ratio = 0.10, p = 0.003), whereas daily smoking showed a trend to increase the risk for AD (AD: 45.9%, controls: 26.5%, odds ratio = 1.73, p = 0.08). After...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.