Education and the incidence of dementia in a large population-based study: The Rotterdam study
Ott,A van Rossum,CTM van Harskamp,F van de Mheen,Dike Hofman,A Breteler,MMB
Ott,A
van Rossum,CTM
van Harskamp,F
van de Mheen,Dike
Hofman,A
Breteler,MMB
Abstract
We assessed the risk of dementia by educational level in a prospective population-based study. In the Rotterdam Study, 6,827 nondemented participants with known education level were followed for an average of 2.1 years. During this period, 137 new cases of dementia occurred. Low education was associated with higher dementia risk in women but not in men, suggesting that the association is modified by sex. Our data indicate that cross-sectional studies may overrate the association between education and risk of dementia.
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1999
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ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE PATIENTS, INCREASED RISK, ASSOCIATION, OCCUPATION, PREVALENCE, MORTALITY
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Ott, A, van Rossum, CTM, van Harskamp, F, van de Mheen, D, Hofman, A & Breteler, MMB 1999, 'Education and the incidence of dementia in a large population-based study : The Rotterdam study', Neurology, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 663-666. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.52.3.663