Effect of smoking cessation on the risk of dementia: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the risk of developing dementia in relation to duration of smoking cessation by using a nationwide health claims database.

Methods

This cohort study included 46,140 men aged 60 years or older from Korean National Health Insurance System - National Health Screening Cohort, a population-based national health screening program from 2002 to 2013. The changes in smoking habit from a questionnaire during the first (2002 and 2003) and second (2004 and 2005) health examination periods, participants were divided into continual smokers, short-term (less than 4 years) quitters, long-term (4 years or more) quitters, and never smokers. Participants were followed-up for 8 years from January 1, 2006 for the development of overall dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and va

SUBMITTER: Choi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186929 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature