Cognitive decline and risk of dementia in older adults after diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Cognitive screening has been proposed for older adults diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Therefore, we examined the change over time in cognitive function and the risk of incident dementia in older adults after COPD diagnosis. A sample of 3,982 participants from t...

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Main Authors: Aldana Rosso, Tomas Månsson, Karl Egervall, Sölve Elmståhl, Marieclaire Overton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-023-00342-x