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SUBMITTER: Beydoun MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196325 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beydoun May A MA Beydoun Hind A HA Elbejjani Martine M Dore Gregory A GA Zonderman Alan B AB
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20180628 9
<h4>Introduction</h4>Infectious agents were recently implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and etiology of other dementias, notably Helicobacter pylori.<h4>Methods</h4>We tested associations of H. pylori seropositivity with incident all-cause and AD dementia and with AD-related mortality among US adults in a retrospective cohort study. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Surveys III, phase 1 (1988-1991) and 1999-2000 linked with Medicare and National Death Index registries, were used (b ...[more]