Mortality trends of multiple sclerosis in Spain, 1951-1997: an age-period-cohort analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the study is to investigate the epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) in Taiwan. METHODS:Cases of CJD and MS were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database from January 2000 to December 2005. Age- and sex-specific incidences of these...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lai CH,Tseng HF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the knowledge of stroke in the general public in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. BACKGROUND:The Arabian Gulf is a rapidly developing part of the world with major changes in the lifestyle that can increase the risk of stroke. To design effective stroke treatment and prevention strategi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamran S,Bener AB,Deleu D,Khoja W,Jumma M,Al Shubali A,Inshashi J,Sharouqi I,Al Khabouri J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of oophorectomy on brain aging remain uncertain. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study with long-term follow-up of women in Olmsted County, Minn., USA, who underwent either unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy before the onset of menopause from 1950 through 1987. Each member of the oophorectomy co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rivera CM,Grossardt BR,Rhodes DJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of the prevalence of spinal cord disorders (SCD) is important to understand specific causes in each part of the worldand to allow to potentially adapt health care and public policy including law enforcement to the main causes. SCD have important personal, biopsychological, socio-economic, short-term and ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： El Tallawy HN,Farghly WM,Badry R,Rageh TA,Hakeem Metwally NA,Shehata GA,Sayd MA,Hamed Y,Kandil MR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a door-to-door survey in rural areas of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia, to determine the prevalence of the most common neurological diseases in a sample of about 10,000 inhabitants. A team of non-doctor health workers administered a standard screening instrument for neurological diseases, a slightly m...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Nicoletti A,Sofia V,Bartoloni A,Bartalesi F,Marletta C,Lo Bartolo ML,Rosado J,Le Pira F,Reggio A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot case-control study was conducted to identify possible risk factors for Meige's syndrome. Patients with Meige's syndrome and age- and sex-matched controls suffering from other neurological diseases were recruited from the Movement Disorders Clinic and Neurology Outpatient Department of the All India Insititute ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Behari M,Sharma AK,Changkakoti S,Sharma N,Pandey RM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder, with a variable reported prevalence ranging from 0.5 to 12 per 100,000. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the prevalence of HSP and estimate the percentage of SPG4 mutations in the Estonian populatio...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Braschinsky M,Luus SM,Gross-Paju K,Haldre S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a community-based study on a cohort of 221 stroke patients followed for 3 years. In this paper, we tried to answer the following questions: Is the risk of dying increased throughout the first 3 years after stroke? What are the causes of death after the 1st month? What factors at stroke onset are independe...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Loor HI,Groenier KH,Limburg M,Schuling J,Meyboom-de Jong B

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been suggested as a term for a boundary area between normal aging and dementia. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of MCI in the elderly in the Hebei province, China, and explore its related factors. METHODS:Participants included 2,601 community-dwelling ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Xu S,Xie B,Song M,Yu L,Wang L,An C,Zhu Q,Han K,Zhao X,Zhang R,Dong L,Chai N,Gao Y,Zhang Q,Wang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several scores exist to clinically differentiate between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, but none has been developed in the emergency situation in which transient ischemic attack (TIA) and cerebral infarction might not yet be clearly distinguished. Information on 540 patients with ischemia (including TIA) or hemorrha...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Stürmer T,Schlindwein G,Kleiser B,Roempp A,Brenner H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of declining trends in mortality rates from cerebrovascular disease are based on underlying cause of death as stated on the death certificate, and may contain inaccuracies because death certificates are often completed without reference to all information in medical records, and because of changes in co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Garland FC,Lilienfeld AM,Garland CF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic association studies conducted in admixed populations may be confounded by population stratification resulting in spurious associations. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the presence and effect of population stratification in a case-control study of brain arteriovenous malformation (BA...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kim H,Hysi PG,Pawlikowska L,Choudhry S,González Burchard E,Kwok PY,Sidney S,McCulloch CE,Young WL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine whether vascular risk factors are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in an elderly Arab population. METHODS:An Arabic-speaking team performed a door-to-door survey of consecutive residents aged > or =65 years. We estimated the odds of AD or MCI...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Israeli-Korn SD,Masarwa M,Schechtman E,Abuful A,Strugatsky R,Avni S,Farrer LA,Friedland RP,Inzelberg R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally 15 million people have an acute stroke every year and one third of them die secondary to stroke events. Most research on stroke prevention and treatment is done in developed countries, yet more than 85% of strokes occur in developing countries. In particular, stroke remains an underrecognized cause ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kulshreshtha A,Anderson LM,Goyal A,Keenan NL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggested a decreased risk of cancer among patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). There is still a lack of data on the specific types of cancer, the risk factors, and the impact of cholinesterase inhibitors on developing cancer in AD. METHODS:We performed a nationwide population-based stud...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ou SM,Lee YJ,Hu YW,Liu CJ,Chen TJ,Fuh JL,Wang SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate how the natural history of multiple sclerosis (MS) had changed over a 15-year period. We compared disability and mortality in a cohort of 83 MS patients hospitalised in the Neurological Institute of Pavia, northern Italy, from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1991, with a similar c...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Bergamaschi R,Montomoli C,Candeloro E,Fratti C,Citterio A,Cosi V

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previously reported prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Bulgaria is considerably lower than that reported for neighbouring countries. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed epidemiological investigation in well-defined populations in this country to obtain an accurate estimate of the frequency of multiple...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Milanov I,Georgiev D,Kmetska K,Jordanova L,Topalov N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher education is associated with a lower risk of dementia, possibly because of a higher tolerance to subclinical neurodegenerative pathology. Whether higher education also protects against dementia after clinical stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) remains unknown. METHODS:Within the population-bas...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Mirza SS,Portegies ML,Wolters FJ,Hofman A,Koudstaal PJ,Tiemeier H,Ikram MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs) constitute the most frequent cause of death in Spain. In order to identify the geographical pattern of CVD mortality, age- and sex-specific as well as age-adjusted mortality rates (ICD-8,9 rubrics 430-438) were calculated for the period 1975-1986 for each province in the country. Maps w...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Barrado-Lanzarote MJ,Almazan-Isla J,Medrano-Albero MJ,de Pedro-Cuesta J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution can increase stroke risk. In this study we investigated the short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions for stroke in a setting where pollutant levels are rather low. We also addressed methodological issues in evaluating the short-term effect...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Oudin A,Strömberg U,Jakobsson K,Stroh E,Björk J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between smoking status and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in a random stratified sample of a biracial community in Chicago. Analyses are based on 1,064 persons (of 1,134 evaluated) who had data on smoking status, disease incidence, and key covariates such as apolipoprotein allele s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Aggarwal NT,Bienias JL,Bennett DA,Wilson RS,Morris MC,Schneider JA,Shah RC,Evans DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial aggregation has been shown for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) separately, and it has been hypothesized that these diseases also coaggregate in families. METHODS:The authors investigated familial coaggregation of AD and PD by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. P...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Feldman AL,Johansson AL,Lambert PC,Sieurin J,Yang F,Pedersen NL,Wirdefeldt K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the relationship between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and cigarette smoking in a case-control study conducted in New England from 1993 to 1996. Recently diagnosed ALS cases (n = 109) were recruited from two major referral centers. Population controls (n = 256) were identified by random telephone scr...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamel F,Umbach DM,Munsat TL,Shefner JM,Sandler DP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of dementia increases by 15-28% in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, studies on dementia risk in type 1 DM have been neither comprehensive nor conclusive. METHODS:We carried out a cohort study involving 1,077 patients registered to have type 1 DM from 1998 to 2009 and 32,310 mat...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kuo CL,Lu CL,Chang YH,Li CY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:216 survivors of acute stroke were studied 3 months postictus to determine predictors of long-term survival and disability 20 months after the initial stroke. Factors predicting mortality were, in order of importance, old age, a history of ischaemic heart disease, low mental-test score, low serum cholesterol concentra...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Woo J,Kay R,Yuen YK,Nicholls MG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed the incidence and determinants of aphasia attributable to first-ever acute stroke. We also investigated early and long-term mortality and 1-year dependence in post-stroke patients. METHODS:A 10-year prospective hospital-based study was conducted in the prefecture of Athens, Greece. RESULTS:In t...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Tsouli S,Kyritsis AP,Tsagalis G,Virvidaki E,Vemmos KN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased risk for first-degree relatives (FDR) of glioma patients has previously been observed. The novel objective of this study was to investigate differences in familial risk among FDR of low-grade glioma (LGG) and high-grade glioma (HGG) cases, respectively. Two cohorts were constructed, one from 15,321 FDR of...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Malmer B,Henriksson R,Grönberg H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1992 and 2040, the United States nonwhite elderly population is expected to grow from 3.3 to 14.1 million. In order to assess the implications of this increase on the mortality from neurodegenerative diseases in the United States, we used Census Bureau population estimates to formulate projections of the annua...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lilienfeld DE,Perl DP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White matter lesions (WML) on MRI of the brain are common in both demented and nondemented older persons. They may be due to ischemic events and are associated with cognitive and physical impairments. It is not known whether the prevalence of these WML in the general population differs across European countries in a p...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Launer LJ,Berger K,Breteler MM,Dufouil C,Fuhrer R,Giampaoli S,Nilsson LG,Pajak A,de Ridder M,van Dijk EJ,Sans S,Schmidt R,Hofman A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the results of the Sino-MONICA-Beijing stroke study based on 700,000 Beijing residents in 1984-1986. To compare incidence rates for stroke with other communities and countries, we adopted the criteria of the WHO Collaborative Study of 17 centers which used the same definition and methodology as was use...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Chen D,Román GC,Wu GX,Wu ZS,Yao CH,Zhang M,Hirsch RP

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00