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May 08, 2012; 78 (19) Articles

Is dementia incidence declining?

Trends in dementia incidence since 1990 in the Rotterdam Study

E.M.C. Schrijvers, B.F.J. Verhaaren, P.J. Koudstaal, A. Hofman, M.A. Ikram, M.M.B. Breteler
First published May 2, 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182553be6
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Is dementia incidence declining?
Trends in dementia incidence since 1990 in the Rotterdam Study
E.M.C. Schrijvers, B.F.J. Verhaaren, P.J. Koudstaal, A. Hofman, M.A. Ikram, M.M.B. Breteler
Neurology May 2012, 78 (19) 1456-1463; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182553be6

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether dementia incidence has changed over the last 2 decades.

Methods: We compared dementia incidence in 2 independent subcohorts of persons aged 60–90 years from the Rotterdam Study, a population-based cohort study. The first subcohort started in 1990 (n = 5,727), the second in 2000 (n = 1,769). Participants were dementia-free at baseline and followed for at maximum 5 years. We calculated age-adjusted dementia incidence rates for the 2 subcohorts in total, in 10-year age strata, and for men and women separately. We also compared mortality rates, differences in prevalence of vascular risk factors, and medication use. Finally, we compared brain volumes and the extent of cerebral small vessel disease in participants who underwent brain imaging 5 years after the baseline examinations.

Results: In the 1990 subcohort (25,696 person-years), 286 persons developed dementia, and in the 2000 subcohort (8,384 person-years), 49 persons. Age-adjusted dementia incidence rates were consistently, yet nonsignificantly, lower in the 2000 subcohort in all strata, reaching borderline significance in the overall analysis (incidence rate ratio 0.75, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56–1.02). Mortality rates were also lower in the 2000 subcohort (rate ratio 0.63, 95% CI 0.52–0.77). The prevalence of hypertension and obesity significantly increased between 1990 and 2000. This was paralleled by a strong increase in use of antithrombotics and lipid-lowering drugs. Participants in 2005–2006 had larger total brain volumes (p < 0.001) and less cerebral small vessel disease (although nonsignificant in men) than participants in 1995–1996.

Conclusions: Although the differences in dementia incidence were nonsignificant, our study suggests that dementia incidence has decreased between 1990 and 2005.

GLOSSARY

CI=
confidence interval;
DSM-III-R=
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised;
GMS=
Geriatric Mental State;
IRR=
incidence rate ratio;
MMSE=
Mini-Mental State Examination;
WML=
white matter lesion

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  • Study funding: The Rotterdam Study and the Rotterdam Scan Study are supported by the Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (RIDE), the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, the European Commission (DG XII), and the Municipality of Rotterdam. This study also was supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation (de Nederlandse Hartstichting), grant 2009B102.

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  • Received May 11, 2011.
  • Accepted October 18, 2011.
  • Copyright © 2012 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.
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