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Diabetes mellitus and the risk of dementia

Neurology · 1999 · Vol. 53(9) · pp. 1937–1937
Alewijn OttRonald P. StolkF. van HarskampHuibert A. P. PolsAlbert HofmanMonique M.B. Breteler

Abstract

The diabetes attributable risk for dementia of 8.8% suggests that diabetes may have contributed to the clinical syndrome in a substantial proportion of all dementia patients.

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchDementiaMedicineDiabetes mellitusRelative riskCohort studyCohortProspective cohort studyHazard ratioPopulationInternal medicine

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInsulinMaleNetherlandsProspective StudiesRiskCohort StudiesProportional Hazards Models
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