Health Conditions Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined medical records to determine health conditions associated with dementia at varied intervals prior to dementia diagnosis in participants from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA).

Methods

Data were available for 347 Alzheimer's disease (AD), 76 vascular dementia (VaD), and 811 control participants without dementia. Logistic regressions were performed associating International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) health codes with dementia status across all time points, at 5 and 1 year(s) prior to dementia diagnosis, and at the year of diagnosis, controlling for age, sex, and follow-up length of the medical record.

Results

In AD, the earliest and most consistent associations across all time points included depression, erecti

SUBMITTER: Beason-Held LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11973975 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature