An Estimate of Attributable Cases of Alzheimer Disease and Vascular Dementia due to Modifiable Risk Factors: The Impact of Primary Prevention in Europe and in Italy

An Estimate of Attributable Cases of Alzheimer Disease and Vascular Dementia due to Modifiable Risk Factors: The Impact of Primary Prevention in Europe and in Italy

Background: Up to 53.7% of all cases of dementia are assumed to be due to Alzheimer disease (AD), while 15.8% are considered to be due to vascular dementia (VaD). In Europe, about 3 million cases of AD could be due to 7 potentially modifiable risk factors: diabetes, midlife hypertension and/or obesi...

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Main Authors: Flavia Mayer, Alessandra Di Pucchio, Eleonora Lacorte, Ilaria Bacigalupo, Fabrizio Marzolini, Gianluigi Ferrante, Valentina Minardi, Maria Masocco, Marco Canevelli, Teresa Di Fiandra, Nicola Vanacore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-02-01
Series:Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Subjects:
Alzheimer disease
Vascular dementia
Prevention
Public health
Attributable cases
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487079

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