Elevated HbA1c is associated with increased risk of incident dementia in primary care patients.
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BiBTeXType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a risk factor of dementia. The effect of T2DM treatment quality on dementia risk, however, is unclear. 1,342 elderly individuals recruited via general practitioner registries (AgeCoDe cohort) were analyzed. This study analyzed the association between HbA1c level and the incidence of all-cause dementia (ACD) and of Alzheimer's disease dementia (referred to here as AD). HbA1c levels >/=6.5% were associated with 2.8-fold increased risk of incident ACD (p = 0.027) and for AD (p = 0.047). HbA1c levels >/=7% were associated with a five-fold increased risk of incident ACD (p = 0.001) and 4.7-fold increased risk of incident AD (p = 0.004). The T2DM diagnosis per se did not increase the risk of either ACD or AD. Higher levels of HbA1c are associated with increased risk of ACD and AD in an elderly population. T2DM diagnosis was not associated with increased risk if HbA1c levels were below 7%.
Human Diseases: Diabetes mellitus, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Citation: J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;44(4):1203-12. doi: 10.3233/JAD-141521.
Date Published: 20th Dec 2014
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Goal of the Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) is the investigation of civilization diseases like depression, diabetes, allergies or cardiovascular diseases. For this purpose we collect as much data as possible regarding health and living conditions of the population in Leipzig and provide these data for scientists of the University of Leipzig and other research institutions.
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Start date: 1st Jan 2009
This population-based study examined 10,000 participants randomly selected from the Leipzig population (2011 to 2014). A follow-up is to be carried out from 2017 - 2020. The study mainly included people aged between 40 and 79. All participants underwent a 6-hour study program and people over 60 years of age were invited two more times to in-depth study of cognition and depression and the brain (MRI, EEG). Extensive measurements of genome, metabolome and transcriptome are available. The LIFE-ADULT ...
Programme: LIFE Management Cluster
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Start date: 1st Jan 2009
Projects: LHA - Leipzig Health Atlas, Onto-Med Research Group, SMITH - Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare, Task Force COVID-19 Leipzig, NFDI4Health, LIFE Child, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Project Test Demonstrator
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Projects: LIFE Heart, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group, SepNet - German Competence Network Sepsis, GC-HNPCC - German Consortium for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer, LIFE Child, GC-HBOC - German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, LIFE Adult
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Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10652
Synonyms: AD, Alzheimer disease, familial, Alzheimers dementia, Alzheimer disease
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Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1307
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