Temporal Trends in Stroke-Related Memory Change: Results From a US National Cohort 1998-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Findings from the Framingham Heart Study suggest that declines in dementia incidence rates over recent decades are partially due to decreases in stroke incidence and mortality; however, whether trends of declining dementia rates extend to survivors of incident stroke remains unclear. We investigated evidence for temporal trends in memory change related to incident stroke in a nationally representative cohort.

Methods

Adults age 50+ in the HRS (Health and Retirement Study) were followed across three successive 6-year epochs (epoch 1: 1998-2004, n=16 781; epoch 2: 2004-2010, n=15 345; and epoch 3: 2010-2016; n=15 949). Participants were included in an epoch if they were stroke-free at the start of that epoch. Annual rates of change in a composite z-stand

SUBMITTER: Eng CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132341 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature