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Newest in this topic

  1. Public awareness of the hearing loss-dementia link and self-reported behavioral changes in middle- to older-aged Canadians 2026-09-26
  2. Patterns of modifiable lifestyle, behavioural and health-related risk factors and their associations with incident dementia in UK Biobank 2026-09-25
  3. Excess hypoglycaemia-related hospitalisation in older adults with comorbid type 2 diabetes and dementia: a UK Biobank cohort study 2026-09-16

Studies

1,139 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1978 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 134
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 52
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 33
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 32
  • JAMA neurology 27

362 journals in all.

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  1. Disrupted daily activity/rest cycles in relation to daily cortisol rhythms of home-dwelling patients with early Alzheimer's dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2004-03-03 Risk factors

    Disturbed sleep cycles are the principal cause of institutionalization in dementia, and therefore represent a major clinical problem.

  2. Risk of dementia and alcohol and wine consumption: a review of recent results

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biological research 2004-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The term dementia refers to a clinical syndrome of acquired intellectual disturbances produced by brain dysfunction.

  3. Dementia as a risk factor for falls and fall injuries among nursing home residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-09-01 Prevention and risk

    Although most falls do not result in injury, the fact that residents with dementia fall more often than their counterparts without dementia leaves them with a higher overall risk of sustaining injurious falls over time.

  4. Double blind study of melatonin effects on the sleep-wake rhythm, cognitive and non-cognitive functions in Alzheimer type dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku zasshi 2003-08-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Previously, we reported that morning bright light therapy improved sleep time and cognitive function in Alzheimer type of dementia.

  5. Exploring sex differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and dementia incidence: prospective results from the PAQUID Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-08-01 Disparities

    Ninety-seven men (incidence rate: 14.4/1,000) and 183 women (Incidence rate: 19.0/1,000) developed dementia during 8 years of follow-up.

  6. Mid-life smoking and late-life dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2003-07-01 Genetics

    We studied the association between mid-life smoking and late-life dementia in the Honolulu Heart Program (1965-1971) and follow-up assessment for dementia (1991-1996) of 3734 Japanese-American men (80% of survivors).

  7. Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2003-06-01 How common it is

    Participation in leisure activities is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, even after adjustment for base-line cognitive status and after the exclusion of subjects with possible preclinical dementia.

  8. Endogenous estradiol and risk of dementia in women and men: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2003-05-01 Long-term cohort studies

    We determined whether higher endogenous estradiol levels were associated with lower risk of dementia in older men and women not using hormonal replacement therapy, using a case-cohort design within the Rotterdam Study, a population-based follow-up study on chronic diseases, including dementia, in 7983 subjects aged 55 years or older, and ongoing since 1990.

  9. The mean (SD) time between the date of randomization into WHI and the last Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MSE) for all WHIMS participants was 4.05 (1.19) years.

  10. Association between dementia and midlife risk factors: the Radiation Effects Research Foundation Adult Health Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-03-01 Vascular contributions

    Increased SBP and low milk intake in midlife were associated with VaD detected 25 to 30 years later.

  11. Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA 2003-03-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Compared with abstention, consumption of 1 to 6 drinks weekly is associated with a lower risk of incident dementia among older adults.

  12. Prevalence of dementia in older latinos: the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke and genetic factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-02-01 How common it is

    Overall dementia prevalence was 4.8%.

  13. Increased light exposure consolidates sleep and strengthens circadian rhythms in severe Alzheimer's disease patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Behavioral sleep medicine 2003-01-01 Risk factors

    Sleep in the nursing home environment is extremely fragmented, possibly in part as a result of decreased light exposure.

  14. Diet and risk of dementia: Does fat matter?: The Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Neurology 2002-12-01 Prevention and risk

    High intake of total, saturated, and trans fat and cholesterol and low intake of MUFA, PUFA, n-6 PUFA, and n-3 PUFA were not associated with increased risk of dementia or its subtypes.

  15. Use of lipid-lowering drugs in older adults with and without dementia: a community-based epidemiological study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-11-01 Disparities

    Demented individuals were less likely than their nondemented counterparts to be taking lipid-lowering drugs.

  16. Changes in appetite, food preference, and eating habits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2002-10-01 Caregiving

    Change in eating behaviour was significantly more common in both of the frontotemporal dementia groups than in Alzheimer's disease.

  17. Early inflammation and dementia: a 25-year follow-up of the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2002-08-01 How common it is

    Inflammatory responses are associated with cardiovascular disease and may be associated with dementing disease.

  18. Does caffeine intake protect from Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. European journal of neurology 2002-07-01 Prevention and risk

    Caffeine is the most widely consumed behaviourally active substance in the western world.

  19. The prevalence of dementia in older people in an urban population of Korea: the Seoul study

    ⚠ Retracted — do not rely on it alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-07-01 Disparities

    The prevalence of dementia in older people in Seoul appears to be somewhat lower than in rural areas of Korea.

  20. Association between high-density lipoprotein and cognitive impairment in the oldest old

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2002-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke.

  21. Late-life engagement in social and leisure activities is associated with a decreased risk of dementia: a longitudinal study from the Kungsholmen project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2002-06-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Recent findings suggest that a rich social network may decrease the risk of developing dementia.

  22. Type 2 diabetes, APOE gene, and the risk for dementia and related pathologies: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Diabetes 2002-04-01 How common it is

    Type 2 diabetes may be a risk factor for dementia, but the associated pathological mechanisms remains unclear.

  23. Central auditory dysfunction may precede the onset of clinical dementia in people with probable Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-03-01 Prevention and risk

    Central auditory speech-processing deficits may be an early manifestation of probable Alzheimer's disease and may precede the onset of dementia diagnosis by many years.

  24. Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2002-02-01 Getting a diagnosis

    An increased plasma homocysteine level is a strong, independent risk factor for the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

  25. Use of lipid-lowering agents, indication bias, and the risk of dementia in community-dwelling elderly people

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2002-02-01 Prevention and risk

    Lipid-lowering agent use was associated with a lower risk of dementia, and specifically of Alzheimer disease, in those younger than 80 years.

  26. Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2002-01-01 Lewy body dementia

    The average follow-up was 6.0 years.

  27. Incidence of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia in Italy. The ILSA Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Incidence of dementia in Italy paralleled that in most industrialized countries.

  28. Risk of dementia among white and African American relatives of patients with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. JAMA 2002-01-01 Genetics

    However, in this study, the additional risk of dementia conferred by being a first-degree relative, by being female, or by the probability of having an APOE epsilon4 allele appeared similar in African American and white families.

  29. History of depression as a risk factor for dementia: an updated review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry 2001-12-01 Risk factors

    The possibility that history of depression is a risk factor for dementia needs to be taken seriously and explanations of the association need to be further researched.

  30. Diabetes mellitus and risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia with stroke in a multiethnic cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2001-10-01 How common it is

    Research on the relation between diabetes mellitus and dementia has produced conflicting results, and the relation has not been investigated among Blacks and Hispanics.

  31. Midlife vascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease in later life: longitudinal, population based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. BMJ 2001-06-16 Vascular contributions

    People with raised systolic blood pressure (≥160 mm Hg) or high serum cholesterol concentration (≥6.5 mmol/l) in midlife had a significantly higher risk of Alzheimer's disease in later life, even after adjustment for age, body mass index, education, vascular events, smoking status, and alcohol consumption, than those with normal systolic blood pressure (odds ratio 2.3, 95% confidence interval 1.0 to 5.5) or serum cholesterol (odds ratio 2.1, 1.0 to 4.4).

  32. Antihypertensive drugs and incidence of dementia: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2001-05-01 Prevention and risk

    There is increasing evidence that hypertension may contribute to the development of dementia.

  33. Physical activity and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2001-03-01 Prevention and risk

    Regular physical activity could represent an important and potent protective factor for cognitive decline and dementia in elderly persons.

  34. Reproductive period and risk of dementia in postmenopausal women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. JAMA 2001-03-01 Genetics

    During 21 046 person-years of follow-up (median follow-up, 6.3 years), 199 women developed dementia, including 159 who developed AD.

  35. Blood pressure and risk of dementia: results from the Rotterdam study and the Gothenburg H-70 Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2001-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The association between blood pressure and dementia is debated.

  36. We have undertaken a large unselected, community-based neuropathology study in an elderly (70-103 years) UK population in relation to prospectively evaluated dementia status.

  37. The Incidence of Vascular Dementia in Canada: A Comparison with Europe and East Asia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Neuroepidemiology 2001-01-01 Risk factors

    Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second commonest subtype of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  38. Subclinical hyperthyroidism and the risk of dementia. The Rotterdam study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Clinical endocrinology 2000-12-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Thyroid status was measured at baseline (1990-93), through assessment of serum antibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO-Abs, positive: >10 IU/ml), serum TSH levels, and when TSH was abnormal ( 4.0 mU/l), serum thyroxin levels (T4).

  39. Statins and the risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2000-11-01 Getting a diagnosis

    The study encompassed 284 cases with dementia and 1080 controls.

  40. Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Neurology 2000-10-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Moderate and severe head injuries in young men may be associated with increased risk of AD and other dementias in late life.

  41. Metabolic cardiovascular syndrome and risk of dementia in Japanese-American elderly men. The Honolulu-Asia aging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2000-10-01 Caregiving

    Cardiovascular risk factors often cluster into a metabolic syndrome that may increase the risk of dementia.

  42. Cognitive impairment without dementia in older people: prevalence, vascular risk factors, impact on disability. The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000-07-01 Prevention and risk

    CIND is very frequent in older people.

  43. Is depression a risk factor for dementia or cognitive decline? A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Gerontology 2000-07-01 Risk factors

    There is sufficient evidence to take seriously the possibility that depression is a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline.

  44. Vascular dementia : incidence and risk factors in the Canadian study of health and aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Stroke 2000-07-01 Prevention and risk

    The study confirmed some previously reported risk factors but also suggested new ones.

  45. Effects of bright light on cognitive and sleep-wake (circadian) rhythm disturbances in Alzheimer-type dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2000-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Twenty-seven patients with Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) were treated with bright light therapy in the morning for four consecutive weeks.

  46. Intake of flavonoids and risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. European journal of epidemiology 2000-04-01 How common it is

    It has been postulated that oxidative stress may play a key role in dementia.

  47. APOE and the risk of PD with or without dementia in a population-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Neurology 2000-03-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The study formed part of the Rotterdam Study, a prospective, population-based cohort study on the frequency, etiology, and prognosis of chronic diseases.

  48. Frequency and clinical determinants of dementia after ischemic stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2000-03-01 Disparities

    Dementia is frequent after ischemic stroke, occurring in one-fourth of the elderly patients in the authors' cohort.

  49. Fatty acid intake and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline: a review of clinical and epidemiological studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2000-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Dietary intake of fatty acids may be related to dementia and cognitive function through a number of plausible mechanisms, such as atherosclerosis and thrombosis, inflammation, via an effect on brain development and membrane functioning, or via accumulation of beta-amyloid.

  50. Midlife blood pressure and dementia: the Honolulu-Asia aging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2000-01-01 How common it is

    We studied the association of mid-life blood pressure to late age dementia, specifically Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.

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