Predicting risk of dementia in older adults: The late-life dementia risk index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a late-life dementia risk index that can accurately stratify older adults into those with a low, moderate, or high risk of developing dementia within 6 years.

Methods

Subjects were 3,375 participants in the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study without evidence of dementia at baseline. We used logistic regression to identify those factors most predictive of developing incident dementia within 6 years and developed a point system based on the logistic regression coefficients.

Results

Subjects had a mean age of 76 years at baseline; 59% were women and 15% were African American. Fourteen percent (n = 480) developed dementia within 6 years. The final late-life dementia risk index included older age (1-2 points), poor cognitive test performance (2-4 po

SUBMITTER: Barnes DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2715571 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature