Contribution of Alzheimer disease to mortality in the United States
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- Received June 12, 2013
- Accepted in final form December 11, 2013
- First Published March 5, 2014.
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Author Disclosures
- Bryan D. James, PhD,
- Sue E. Leurgans, PhD,
- Liesi E. Hebert, ScD,
- Paul A. Scherr, PhD, ScD,
- Kristine Yaffe, MD and
- David A. Bennett, MD
- Bryan D. James, PhD,
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(1) Alzheimer's Association (2) Partners Healthcare
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- Sue E. Leurgans, PhD,
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(1) NIH: P30AG010161 (ADC), core Leader and statistician, 2007-ongoing (2) NIH: RC2AG036547, statistician (3) NIH: R01 AG017917, statistician, 2008-present (4) NIH: P01 AG014449, Core leader, 2001-present (5) NIH: P01 AG009466, Core Leader, 2000-present (6) NIH: R01NS028127, statistician, 2006-present (7) NIH: R01 AG024480, statistician, 2007-present (8) NIH: R01 AG033678, statistician, 2008-present
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- Liesi E. Hebert, ScD,
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NIH R01NR010211 PI 2009-2012 NIH R01AG030544 biostatistician 2008-2011 NIH R01AG009966 biostatistician 2008-2010 NIH RO1AG011101 epidemiologist 2009-2011 NIH RC2AG036650 biostatistician 2009-2011
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a contract with the Alzheimer's Association to cover some of the costs of calculating projections of numbers of people with AD in the US
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- Paul A. Scherr, PhD, ScD,
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Rush Institute for Healthy Aging
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Employee of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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- Kristine Yaffe, MD and
-Novartis, Inc. - Pfizer -DSMB for Takeda, Inc -DSMB for NIH trials - Beeson Advisory Scientific Committee
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-Associate Editor, 2011-, International Review of Psychiatry -Associate Editor 2012-, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
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NIH, NIA, NIDDK, NIMH, Department of Defense, California Department of Public Health
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Bright Focus Foundation and Alzheimer Association's
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- David A. Bennett, MD
1) Vigorous Minds, Scientific Advisory Board
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Nutricia, paid for travel to scientific meeting
(1) Neurology, Editorial Board; (2) Current Alzheimer Research, Editorial Board; (3) Neuroepidemiology, Editorial Board
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(1) Nutricia, Inc., (2) Eli Lilly, Inc., (3) the Gerson Lehrman Group, (4) Enzymotec Ltd., (5) Double Helix, (6) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc
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(1) Nutricia Inc., PI
NIH: P30AG10161, PI; R01AG15819, PI; R01AG17917, PI; R01AG36042, PI; U01AG32984, Co-I; R01AG22018, Co-I; R01AG33678, Co-I; R01AG36836, Co-I; R01AG41797, Co-I; R01AG42210, Co-I; and Illinois Department Public Health
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (B.D.J., S.E.L., D.A.B.), Chicago; Departments of Internal Medicine (B.D.J.) and Neurological Sciences (S.E.L., D.A.B.), and Rush Institute on Healthy Aging (L.E.H., P.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology (K.Y.), University of California, San Francisco; and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (K.Y.), San Francisco, CA.
- Correspondence to Dr. James: Bryan_James{at}rush.edu
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- Response from authors
- Bryan D. James, Assistant professor, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Centerbryan_james@rush.edu
- Bryan James, Sue Leurgans, David Bennett; Chicago, IL
Submitted March 24, 2014 - Confusion over Alzheimer Deaths
- Irene Campbell-Taylor, Clinical Neurologist, Private practiceDrirenect@aol.com
- New Waterford, NS
Submitted March 12, 2014
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