RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Education and the incidence of dementia in a large population-based study: The Rotterdam Study
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 663
OP 663
DO 10.1212/WNL.52.3.663
VO 52
IS 3
A1 A. Ott
A1 C.T. M. van Rossum
A1 F. van Harskamp
A1 H. van de Mheen
A1 A. Hofman
A1 M.M. B. Breteler
YR 1999
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/52/3/663.abstract
AB Article abstract We assessed the risk of dementia by educational level in a prospective population-based study. In the Rotterdam Study, 6,827 nondemented participants with known education level were followed for an average of 2.1 years. During this period, 137 new cases of dementia occurred. Low education was associated with higher dementia risk in women but not in men, suggesting that the association is modified by sex. Our data indicate that cross-sectional studies may overrate the association between education and risk of dementia.