Augmented risk of dementia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A propensity score matching analysis using the nationwide cohort

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 6; p. e0269911
• Main Authors: Lee, Heesun, Kim, Hyung-Kwan, Kim, Bongseong, Han, Kyungdo, Park, Jun-Bean, Hwang, In-Chang, Yoon, Yeonyee E., Park, Hyo Eun, Choi, Su-Yeon, Kim, Yong-Jin, Cho, Goo-Yeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.06.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aging; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease; Bias; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - complications; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - epidemiology; Cholesterol; Codes; Cognitive ability; Cohort Studies; Complications and side effects; Coronary artery disease; Dementia; Dementia disorders; Dementia, Vascular - epidemiology; Demographics; Diabetes mellitus; Health insurance; Health risks; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Heart failure; Humans; Incidence; Laboratories; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neurodegenerative diseases; Population; Propensity Score; Quality of Life; Registration; Risk; Risk Factors; Subgroups; Variables; Vascular dementia; South Korea

Dementia is a big medical and socioeconomic problem on aging society, and cardiac diseases have already shown a significant contribution to developing dementia. However, the risk of dementia related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common inherited cardiomyopathy, has never been evalua...