Increasing prevalence of dementia among very old people
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Increasing prevalence of dementia among very old people.
BACKGROUND it is unknown whether the age-specific prevalence of dementia among the very old changes over time. METHODS this study compares the prevalence of dementia in two population-based cross-sectional samples of very old people in northern Sweden in 2000-02 and in 2005-07. In total, 430 individuals aged 85 and older (mean age 89.5 years, 71.4% women) were evaluated for dementia in the fi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq173