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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
A positive family history is associated with increased risk for dementia. It is not known whether a negative family history with long-lived relatives predicts a reduced risk for dementia. We studied the survival rate and the occurrence of dementia in 232 parents and siblings of 43 optimally healthy individuals > or = 84 years of age and compared them with 233 parents and siblings of 51 random controls and 499 parents and siblings of 88 Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. Prevalence of dementia after age 60 years was .031 for the relatives of healthy elderly, .066 for the relatives of random controls, and .217 for the relatives of AD patients. The cumulative incidence of dementia by age 85 years was estimated as .041 (+/- .019) for the relatives of healthy elderly individuals, .102 (+/- .038) for the relatives of random controls, and .360 (+/- .037) for the relatives of AD patients. Hazard-ratio estimates suggest that the risk of dementia for the relatives of healthy elderly is 3 times lower than the risk for the relatives of random controls (P < .03) and is 11 times lower than the risk for the relatives of AD patients (P < .00005). An analysis of age at death indicated that the relatives of healthy elderly and the relatives of AD patients had a longer life span than did the relatives of random controls.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
650-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for familial factors that protect against dementia and outweigh the effect of increasing age.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't