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Prevalence of dementia in a southern European population in two different time periods: the ZARADEMP Project

2007; Wiley; Volume: 116; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01006.x

1600-0447

António Lobo, P. Saz, Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, José Luis Día, Concepción De‐la‐Cámara, T. Ventura, José Ángel Montañés, Antonio Lobo-Escolar, Sergio Nasarre Aznar,

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To compare the prevalence of dementia in two different time periods and two different studies.Representative, random samples of the elderly (>65 years) in the Zaragoza Study or ZARADEMP-0 (n = 1080) completed the previous decade, and now in Wave I of the ZARADEMP Project or ZARADEMP-I (n = 3715) were interviewed. Standardized measures included the Geriatric Mental State and the History and Aetiology schedule. Cases of dementia were diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria.Adjusted, global prevalence of dementia has not varied significantly: it was 5.2% (95% CI = 3.9-6.6) in ZARADEMP-0 and 3.9% (95% CI = 3.3-4.5) in ZARADEMP-I (prevalence ratio = 0.75; 95% CI = 0.56-1.02). However, the prevalence in ZARADEMP-I was significantly lower among men, particularly in all age groups between 70 and 84 years.Stability of the global prevalence of dementia in the elderly population has been documented. However, the decreased prevalence found in elderly men stimulated environmental hypotheses.