PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA AND PROBABLE SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER TYPE IN THE FRAMINGHAM-STUDY

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BACHMAN, DL
WOLF, PA
LINN, R
KNOEFEL, JE
COBB, J
BELANGER, A
DAGOSTINO, RB
WHITE, LR
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[1] BOSTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL,80 E CONCORD ST B608,BOSTON,MA 02118
[2] BOSTON UNIV,DEPT MATH,BOSTON,MA 02215
[3] NIA,EPIDEMIOL PROGRAM,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[4] NIA,DEMOG PROGRAM,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[5] NIA,BIOMETRY PROGRAM,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1212/WNL.42.1.115
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We determined the prevalence of dementia and probable senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) for biennial Exam 17 of the Framingham cohort (1982/1983). The prevalence of dementia was 30.5/1,000 for men and 48.2/1,000 for women and increased with advancing age. Cases of probable SDAT constituted 55.6% of all dementia cases. The prevalence of SDAT was 11.7/1,000 for men and 30.1/1,000 for women and also increased with advancing age. Prevalence of dementia and probable SDAT were greater for women than men. The female:male ratio of prevalence for cohort members 75 years of age and older was 1.8 for all cases of dementia and 2.8 for cases of probable SDAT.
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