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Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study

2016; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 374; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa1504327

1533-4406

Claudia L. Satizábal, Alexa S. Beiser, Vincent Chouraki, Geneviève Chêne, Carole Dufouil, Sudha Seshadri,

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The prevalence of dementia is expected to soar as the average life expectancy increases, but recent estimates suggest that the age-specific incidence of dementia is declining in high-income countries. Temporal trends are best derived through continuous monitoring of a population over a long period with the use of consistent diagnostic criteria. We describe temporal trends in the incidence of dementia over three decades among participants in the Framingham Heart Study.