NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF VASCULAR AND ALZHEIMERS DEMENTIA AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN

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作者：

HARRIS, Y

GORELICK, PB

FREELS, S

BILLINGSLEY, M

BROWN, N

ROBINSON, D

机构：

[1] RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES MED CTR,INST NEUROSCI,DEPT NEUROL SCI,CEREBROVASC DIS SECT,CHICAGO,IL 60612

[2] RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES MED CTR,NEUROEPIDEMIOL UNIT,CHICAGO,IL

[3] UNIV ILLINOIS,SCH PUBL HLTH,EPIDEMIOL & BIOMETRY PROGRAM,CHICAGO,IL

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 1995年 / 87卷 / 10期

关键词：

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN; DEMENTIA; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; VASCULAR DEMENTIA;

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中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

To better understand risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, demographic, medical, and other epidemiological factors were compared for 83 African American women with Alzheimer's disease and 46 with vascular dementia, Overall, the risk factor profiles for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia were similar to those in other studies. However, Alzheimer's patients had a high frequency of hypertension and a relatively high frequency of diabetes mellitus. The presence of such risk factors raises the possibility that there is a vascular component to the dementia in these African-American women with Alzheimer's disease. Neuropathological studies are needed to help answer this question.

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页码：741 / 745

页数：5