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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2021

Incidence, gender influence, and neuropsychological predictors of all cause dementia in the Faroe Islands-the Faroese Septuagenarian cohort.

Kimberly C Paul, Fróði Debes, Eina Eliasen, Pál Weihe, Maria Skaalum Petersen

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Kimberly C PaulDepartment of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-2352
Fróði DebesDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Eina EliasenDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Pál WeiheDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Maria Skaalum PetersenDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. maria@health.fo.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-8440
University of the Faroe Islands · FOUCLA Health · US

Funding

Health Effects of Lifetime Exposure to Food ContaminantsR01ES013692 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI GRANDJEAN, PHILIPPE ADAM · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
Environmental Predictors of the Overlap of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Metabolic DysfunctionF32ES028087 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PAUL, KIMBERLY · 2017 to 2018
$121k
NIEHS NIH HHS ES013692NIEHS NIH HHS F32 ES028087NIEHS NIH HHS F32ES028087NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES013692Sixth Framework Programme FOOD-CT-2006-016253
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Abstract

backgroundUsing the Faroese Septuagenarian cohort, we aimed to describe the incidence of dementia and assess the validity of neurocognitive tests to predict subsequent dementia diagnosis.

methodsIn this population-based cohort, 713 Faroese septuagenarians aged 70-74 years without dementia, underwent clinical and neuropsychological examinations. After 10-years of follow-up, information was collected on all participants referred for cognitive evaluations and diagnosed with dementia. Incidence rates were calculated and presented with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), assuming a Poisson distribution. We then performed discriminant analysis to determine the best set of neuropsychological tests to identify those who would develop dementia.

resultsOver the 10-years, 65 participants (9.1%) were diagnosed with dementia, with a 10-year incidence rate of 1063 cases per 100,000 person years (95% CI 825, 1343). Women had a greater incidence than men (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 1.58; 95% CI 0.93, 2.71). After stepwise selection, gender and six neuropsychological measures were selected to discriminate between those who would and would not develop dementia. Overall, the model was able to correctly identify 82% of those who would not develop dementia (specificity) and 71% of those who would (sensitivity).

conclusionsThese results indicate that among a greater number of tests covering a broad range of cognitive abilities, tests reflecting verbal and visual learning and recall, visuospatial function, attention, and encoding into and retrieval from long-term memory may be helpful in identifying patients in the pre-symptomatic phase of dementia. Thus, helping care-givers identify patients at a higher risk of developing dementia and adjusting management of care accordingly.

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Alzheimer DiseaseDementiaAgedCohort StudiesDenmarkFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleNeuropsychological TestsAlzheimer’s diseaseDementiaFaroe IslandsIncidenceNeuropsychological tests

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