Cause of death in Alzheimer's disease

被引:84
作者
Beard, CM
Kokmen, E
Sigler, C
Smith, GE
Petterson, T
OBrien, PC
机构
[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DEPT NEUROL,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
[2] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DEPT HLTH SCI RES,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
[3] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT EPIDEMIOL,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; mortality; cause of death; epidemiology;
D O I
10.1016/1047-2797(95)00068-2
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Cause of death among 917 of the 959 subjects in a population-based incidence cohort with Alzheimer's disease (AD) during the years 1960 to 1984 was compared to that of an age- and gender-matched control group (n = 703). In general, a summary of the diagnostic codes entered anywhere on a death certificate suggests that control subjects had more cardiovascular disease and neoplasms than did patients, while patients more often had a diagnostic cock of bronchitis/pneumonia (P < 0.01). By logistic regression, this difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for age and gender.
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页码:195 / 200
页数:6
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