A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

F. E. Matthews; B. C. M. Stephan; L. Robinson; C. Jagger; L. E. Barnes; A. Arthur; C. Brayne; Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration

doi:10.1038/ncomms11398

Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

F. E. Matthews,
B. C. M. Stephan,
L. Robinson,
C. Jagger,
L. E. Barnes,
A. Arthur,
C. Brayne,
Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration

Affiliations

F. E. Matthews: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health
B. C. M. Stephan: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University
L. Robinson: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University
C. Jagger: Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University
L. E. Barnes: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge University
A. Arthur: School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia
C. Brayne: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge University
Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11398
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Future dramatic rises in dementia are widely reported, assuming no change in incidence. Matthews and colleagues report that, in contrast to such statements, age-specific incidence has dropped over 20 years, with overall incidence of dementia remaining stable in a large multi-site population study from England.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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