General risk factors for dementia: A systematic evidence review

Christopher Patterson, John Feightner, Angeles Garcia, Chris MacKnight

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Abstract

This review identifies and quantifies general (ie, nongenetic) risk factors for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia specifically.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-347
Number of pages7
JournalAlzheimer's and Dementia
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Chris MacKnight has received support from Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia (Board Member), Janssen-Ortho (Speaker, Trial Investigator), Pfizer Canada (Speaker, Trial Investigator), Novartis (Speaker, Trial Investigator), Lundbeck Canada (Speaker, Trial Investigator), Voyager Pharmaceuticals (Trial Investigator), Myriad (Trial Investigator), and Neurochem (Trial Investigator).

Funding Information:
During preparation of this article, Christopher Patterson received financial support from the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Funding Information:
Chris MacKnight is supported from a CIHR New Investigator Award.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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