Hospitalization, surgery, and incident dementia.
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SUBMITTER: Eriksson LI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
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Hospitalization, surgery, and incident dementia.
Eriksson Lars I LI Lundholm Cecilia C Narasimhalu Kaavya K Sandin Rolf R Jin Ya-Ping YP Gatz Margaret M Pedersen Nancy L NL
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20190215 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>We evaluated whether hospitalization with or without surgery increases risk for dementia or Alzheimer's disease.<h4>Methods</h4>A clinical sample (843 clinically diagnosed dementia cases; 1686 matched nondemented individuals) was identified from Swedish Twin Registry studies. A register-based sample (4293 cases; 21,465 matched controls) was identified by linkage of Swedish Twin Registry to Swedish Patient Registry records. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) status and within-pair compa ...[more]
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