Data From the Mexican Health and Aging Study (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) in the Mexican population. Method: The MHAS study is a prospective panel study of health and aging in Mexico with 7,000 elders that represent eight million participants nationally. Using measurements of cognition and activities of daily living of dementia cases and CIND were identified at baseline and follow-up. Overall incidence rates and specific rates for sex, age, and education were calculated. Results: Prevalence was 6.1 % and 28.7 % for dementia and CIND, respectively. Incidence rates were 27.3 per 1,000 person-years for dementia and 223 per 1,000 persons-year for CIND. Rates of dementia and CIND increased with advancing age at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on May 12, 2016jah.sagepub.comDownloaded from Mejia-Arango and Gutierrez 1051 and decreased with higher educational level; sex had a differential effect de-pending on the age strata. Hypertension, diabetes, and depress...

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