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ArticleClinical epidemiology2013

Heart disease as a risk factor for dementia.

B Ng Justin, Michele Turek, Antoine M Hakim

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Article in Clinical epidemiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
132citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

132 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A multidomain trial for cognition in women with cardiovascular disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  10. Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?American journal of industrial medicine · 2026
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  19. Multivariate White Matter Microstructure Alterations in Older Adults with Coronary Artery Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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72 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

B Ng JustinDepartments of Neuroscience and Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Michele Turek
Antoine M Hakim
Ottawa Hospital · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As life expectancy lengthens, dementia is becoming a significant human condition in terms of its prevalence and cost to society worldwide. It is important in that context to understand the preventable and treatable causes of dementia. This article exposes the link between dementia and heart disease in all its forms, including coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, valvular disease, and heart failure. This article also explores the cardiovascular risk factors and emphasizes that several of them are preventable and treatable. In addition to medical therapies, the lifestyle changes that may be useful in retarding the onset of dementia are also summarized.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseatrial fibrillationcardiovascular risk factorscoronary artery diseaseheart failuremyocardial infarctionpreventionvalvular disease

Identifiers

PMID23658499
PMCPMC3641811
OpenAlexW2005204638

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