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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
In recent years evidence is increasing that vascular disease is associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Moreover, presence of cerebrovascular disease may intensify the clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of vascular risk factors in age and sex matched patients with dementia. We studied 109 patients with AD and 37 patients vascular dementia (VD). DSM-III-R test for dementia, NINCDS-ADRDA guidelines for AD and NINDS-ARIEN for VD were applied. RESULTS: Mean age of dementia onset in AD and VD was 65.8 SD 7.8 and 67.4 SD 7.0 years (p > 0.05), the duration of dementia, MMS and GDS for patients with AD and VD was not significantly different. Arterial hypertension was associated in 51.3% VD and 30.3% AD (p < 0.05), hypotension in 11.1 and 23.6% respectively (p > 0.05), atrial fibrillation was similar in AD and VD, coronary artery disease was presents 64.8% AD and 46.8 VD (p > 0.05) and type 2 diabetes in 21.6% and 10.1% (p > 0.05) respectively. No significant differences in serum lipid profile were found in both groups, except two times higher incidence of normal HDL-cholesterol concentration in AD compare to VD. The relation between alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and head trauma was similar in both types of dementia. CONCLUSION: Vascular disease and AD have to some extent a shared aetiology, and risk factors that they have in common increase the risk of both disorders independently and vascular disease is perhaps involved in the aetiology of AD.
pubmed:language
pol
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
405-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Arrhythmias, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Atrial Fibrillation, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Cerebrovascular Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Coronary Artery Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Dementia, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Depressive Disorder, Major, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Hypotension, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11732264-Risk Factors
pubmed:articleTitle
[Vascular risk factors in demented elderly: analysis of Alzheimer Clinic materials].
pubmed:affiliation
Zespo?u Badawczo-Leczniczego Chorób Zwyrodnieniowych Centralnego Uk?adu Nerwowego CMDiK PAN CSK MSWiA w Warszawie.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract