Dementia Increasing Among People Over 90
July 14, 2009 - 7:08am
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"Our key findings confirmed that age remains as the single most important risk factor for dementia. Nevertheless, due to the lack of data in the oldest old in previous prevalence studies, the prevalence of dementia of women over the age of 85 had been underreported," study author Dr. Emma Reynish, a geriatrician and coordinator of the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium from the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, said in a news release.
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