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SUBMITTER: Rasmussen KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148649 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rasmussen Katrine L KL Tybjærg-Hansen Anne A Nordestgaard Børge G BG Frikke-Schmidt Ruth R
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 20180901 35
<h4>Background</h4>Dementia is a major cause of disability, and risk-factor reduction may have the potential to delay or prevent the disease. Our aim was to determine the absolute 10-year risk of dementia, by age, sex and apolipoprotein E (<i>APOE</i>) genotype.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained data from the Copenhagen General Population Study (from 2003 to 2014) and the Copenhagen City Heart Study (from 1991 to 1994 and 2001 to 2003). Participants underwent a questionnaire, physical examination and b ...[more]