Incidence of dementia and associated risk factors in Japan: The Osaki-Tajiri Project

• Published in: Journal of the neurological sciences Vol. 260; no. 1; pp. 175 - 182
• Main Authors: Meguro, Kenichi, Ishii, Hiroshi, Kasuya, Masashi, Akanuma, Kyoko, Meguro, Mitsue, Kasai, Mari, Lee, Eunjoo, Hashimoto, Ryusaku, Yamaguchi, Satoshi, Asada, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 15.09.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease; Biological and medical sciences; CDR 0.5; Cerebrovascular Disorders - diagnosis; Cerebrovascular Disorders - epidemiology; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Cognitive tests; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Dementia - diagnosis; Dementia - epidemiology; Dementia incidence; Dementia, Vascular - diagnosis; Dementia, Vascular - epidemiology; Demography; Disease Progression; Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes; Female; Humans; Incidence; Japan - epidemiology; Life Style; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - statistics & numerical data; Male; Mass Screening; Medical sciences; MRI; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Risk Factors; Vascular dementia; Asia; Japan; Dementia incidence; Vascular dementia; Cognitive tests; CDR 0.5; MRI; Alzheimer's disease; Nervous system diseases; Alzheimer disease; Cardiovascular disease; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral disorder; Incidence; Central nervous system disease; Risk factor; Degenerative disease; Cerebrovascular disease

Abstract The incidence of dementia and risk factors has not been fully investigated in Japan. Following a prevalence study in 1998, we investigated the incidence and associated factors in the same population in 2003 and 2005. Randomly selected 771 residents in Tajiri were targeted. The final partici...