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  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. Compared with non-dementia patients, hospitalised dementia patients have higher rates of potentially preventable complications that might be responsive to nursing interventions.

  2. Increased risk of dementia in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a nationwide cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PloS one 2013-05-01 Vascular contributions

    TBI is an independent significant risk factor of developing dementia even in the mild type.

  3. Late-life depression and risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based cohort studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2013-05-01 Prevention and risk

    The present results suggest that it will be valuable to design clinical trials to investigate the effect of late-life depression prevention on risk of dementia, in particular vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

  4. Diabetes mellitus and risk of dementia: A meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of diabetes investigation 2013-04-26 How common it is

    The results showed a 73% increased risk of ATD, 56% increase of AD and 127% increase of VaD in diabetes patients.

  5. Heart disease as a risk factor for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Clinical epidemiology 2013-04-26 Prevention and risk

    As life expectancy lengthens, dementia is becoming a significant human condition in terms of its prevalence and cost to society worldwide.

  6. Predicting cognitive decline: a dementia risk score vs. the Framingham vascular risk scores

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neurology 2013-04-01 Prevention and risk

    The CAIDE dementia and Framingham risk scores predict cognitive decline in late middle age but the Framingham risk scores may have an advantage over the dementia risk score for use in primary prevention for assessing risk of cognitive decline and targeting of modifiable risk factors.

  7. Adequate vitamin D supplementation and sensible sunlight exposure to reach optimal vitamin D status are among the front line factors of prophylaxis for the spectrum of disorders.

  8. Affective disorders and risk of developing dementia: systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2013-03-01 Risk factors

    Affective disorders appear to be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, and one that is dependent on clinical and demographic variables.

  9. Neuropsychiatric symptoms as risk factors for progression from CIND to dementia: the Cache County Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013-02-06 Genetics

    These data confirm that NPS are risk factors for conversion from CIND to dementia.

  10. The association between physical activity and dementia in an elderly population: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. European journal of epidemiology 2013-02-06 Long-term cohort studies

    Several studies have associated physical activity with the risk of dementia, but mostly did so during short follow-up.

  11. The association between midlife cardiorespiratory fitness levels and later-life dementia: a cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of internal medicine 2013-02-01 Prevention and risk

    Higher midlife fitness levels seem to be associated with lower hazards of developing all-cause dementia later in life.

  12. AD dementia risk in late MCI, in early MCI, and in subjective memory impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-01-30 How common it is

    SMI and EMCI with self-reported concerns were associated with the same risk of AD dementia, suggesting that pre-LMCI risk conditions should be extended to SMI with concerns.

  13. Type 2 diabetes as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: the confounders, interactions, and neuropathology associated with this relationship

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Epidemiologic reviews 2013-01-11 Risk factors

    We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  14. Midlife obesity and dementia: meta-analysis and adjusted forecast of dementia prevalence in the United States and China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013-01-01 Prevention and risk

    The past and ongoing increase in midlife obesity prevalence will contribute significantly to the future prevalence of dementia and public health measures to reduce midlife obesity are simultaneously primary prevention measures to reduce the risk of dementia.

  15. Frailty syndrome and the risk of vascular dementia: the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2012-12-12 Clinical safety

    In our large population-based sample, frailty syndrome was a short-term predictor of overall dementia and VaD.

  16. Feelings of loneliness, but not social isolation, predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2012-12-10 Getting a diagnosis

    Feeling lonely rather than being alone is associated with an increased risk of clinical dementia in later life and can be considered a major risk factor that, independently of vascular disease, depression and other confounding factors, deserves clinical attention.

  17. Cardiovascular risk factors promote brain hypoperfusion leading to cognitive decline and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Cardiovascular psychiatry and neurology 2012-12-03 Risk factors

    Heart disease is the major leading cause of death and disability in the world.

  18. Diabetes, glucose control, and 9-year cognitive decline among older adults without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2012-09-01 Disparities

    Among well-functioning older adults, DM and poor glucose control among those with DM are associated with worse cognitive function and greater decline.

  19. Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia in the oldest-old: a population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2012-08-09 How common it is

    Recent studies suggest that delirium is associated with risk of dementia and also acceleration of decline in existing dementia.

  20. Atrial fibrillation and the risk of incident dementia: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. Heart rhythm 2012-08-02 Vascular contributions

    AF is independently associated with increased risk of dementia.

  21. Serum ceramides increase the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Women's Health and Aging Study II

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurology 2012-07-18 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Twenty-seven (27.3%) of the 99 women developed incident dementia.

  22. Retinopathy and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neurology 2012-07-11 Long-term cohort studies

    We investigated the associations between retinopathy and dementia and its subtypes Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia both cross-sectionally and prospectively in the Rotterdam Study, a large population-based cohort study.

  23. 12,887 participants were interviewed at baseline. 11,718 were free of dementia, of whom 8137 (69%) were reinterviewed, contributing 34,718 person-years of follow-up.

  24. Is dementia incidence declining? Trends in dementia incidence since 1990 in the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neurology 2012-05-08 How common it is

    This Dutch cohort study compared dementia rates in two groups of older adults enrolled ten years apart.

  25. Is dementia incidence declining?: Trends in dementia incidence since 1990 in the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neurology 2012-05-02 How common it is

    In the 1990 subcohort (25,696 person-years), 286 persons developed dementia, and in the 2000 subcohort (8,384 person-years), 49 persons.

  26. Contributions of the Framingham Heart Study to stroke and dementia epidemiologic research at 60 years

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2012-05-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The Framingham Heart Study, the longest-running prospective epidemiologic study in history, was initiated in 1948 in response to the rising toll of coronary heart disease and hypertension.

  27. Diabetes as a risk factor for dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 75 out of 100. Internal medicine journal 2012-05-01 Risk factors

    This study examined the association of diabetes with the onset of dementia (including Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VD) and any dementia) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by using a quantitative meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

  28. Midlife vs late-life depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: differential effects for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Archives of general psychiatry 2012-05-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Depressive symptoms in midlife or in late life are associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.

  29. Prevalence and correlates for sleep complaints in older adults in low and middle income countries: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Sleep medicine 2012-04-12 Disparities

    This study robustly characterized the prevalence of sleep complaints in large samples of the elderly in LAMICs and identified potential risk factors that may be specific to these populations.

  30. Metformin, other antidiabetic drugs, and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012-03-28 Getting a diagnosis

    Long-term use of sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, or insulin was not associated with an altered risk of developing AD.

  31. Inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer's disease: results from the Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2012-03-12 How common it is

    Cancer survivors had a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease than those without cancer, and patients with Alzheimer's disease had a lower risk of incident cancer.

  32. Few teeth without dentures and absence of a regular dentist, not poor mastication and poor attitudes toward dental health, were associated with higher risk of dementia onset in the older Japanese cohort even after adjustment for available covariates.

  33. Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and risk of dementia in Parkinson's disease: a prospective study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2012-02-09 Risk factors

    One of the most devastating nonmotor manifestations of PD is dementia.

  34. Association of incident dementia with hospitalizations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA 2012-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Four hundred ninety-four individuals eventually developed dementia and 427 (86%) of these persons were admitted at least once; 2525 remained free of dementia and 1478 (59%) of those were admitted at least once.

  35. Dementia, stroke, and vascular risk factors; a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society 2012-01-01 Vascular contributions

    Interest in dementia has increased over the past few decades.

  36. Late-life depression as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease in 30 US Alzheimer's disease centers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2012-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Identification of potentially modifiable risk factors for cognitive deterioration is important.

  37. Long term incidence of dementia, predictors of mortality and pathological diagnosis in older stroke survivors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2011-12-01 Prevention and risk

    Greater understanding of the risk factors and mechanisms of incident dementia in stroke survivors is needed for prevention and management.

  38. Circadian activity rhythms and risk of incident dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2011-11-01 How common it is

    Older, healthy women with decreased circadian activity rhythm amplitude and robustness, and delayed rhythms have increased odds of developing dementia and MCI.

  39. Early parental death and remarriage of widowed parents as risk factors for Alzheimer disease: the Cache County study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2011-09-01 Disparities

    Parental death during childhood is associated with higher prevalence of AD, with different critical periods for father's versus mother's death, with strength of these associations attenuated by remarriage of the widowed parent.

  40. Glucose tolerance status and risk of dementia in the community: the Hisayama study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Neurology 2011-09-01 How common it is

    The age- and sex-adjusted incidence of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD) were significantly higher in subjects with diabetes than in those with normal glucose tolerance.

  41. Midlife vascular risk factor exposure accelerates structural brain aging and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Neurology 2011-08-01 How common it is

    Our aim was to test the association of vascular risk factor exposure in midlife with progression of MRI markers of brain aging and measures of cognitive decline.

  42. Sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxia, and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA 2011-08-01 Risk factors

    Among older women, those with sleep-disordered breathing compared with those without sleep-disordered breathing had an increased risk of developing cognitive impairment.

  43. Systemic inflammation and delirium: important co-factors in the progression of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biochemical Society transactions 2011-08-01 Clinical safety

    It is widely accepted that inflammation plays some role in the progression of chronic neurodegenerative diseases such as AD (Alzheimer's disease), but its precise role remains elusive.

  44. Dementia medications and risk of falls, syncope, and related adverse events: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011-06-07 Clinical safety

    ChEIs may increase the risk of syncope, with no effects on falls, fracture, or accidental injury in cognitively impaired older adults.

  45. Incidence of and risk factors for dementia in the Ibadan study of aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011-05-01 Disparities

    At 3-year follow-up, 85 participants had developed dementia.

  46. Midlife overweight and obesity increase late-life dementia risk: a population-based twin study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Neurology 2011-05-01 Risk factors

    Both overweight and obesity at midlife independently increase the risk of dementia, AD, and VaD.

  47. Vascular risk factors promote conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2011-04-13 Risk factors

    VRF increased the risk of incident AD dementia.

  48. Central auditory dysfunction as a harbinger of Alzheimer dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2011-04-01 Vascular contributions

    Central auditory dysfunction is a precursor to AD.

  49. Atrial fibrillation and incidence of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. Neurology 2011-03-01 Vascular contributions

    There is consistent evidence supporting an association between AF and increased incidence of dementia in patients with stroke whereas there remains considerable uncertainty about any link in the broader population.

  50. Body mass index in midlife and late-life as a risk factor for dementia: a meta-analysis of prospective studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2011-02-23 Risk factors

    The relationship between body mass index (BMI) (in midlife and late-life) and dementia was investigated in meta-analyses of 16 articles reporting on 15 prospective studies.

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