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January 1, 2003Neuroepidemiology

Vascular Factors and Risk of Dementia: Design of the Three-City Study and Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population

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Population

9,294 noninstitutionalized adults aged 65 years and over from three French cities.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

Planned at 2 and 4 years

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Implication

High vascular risk burden in older adults; leaves open prospective links to dementia incidence in this cohort.

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Population
9,294 noninstitutionalized adults aged 65 years and over (mean age 74.4, 39.3% male) from three French cities (Bordeaux, Dijon, Montpellier).
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Outcome
Risk of dementia and cognitive impairment attributable to vascular factors

The Three-City Study established a large cohort of older French adults with a high prevalence of vascular risk factors to prospectively evaluate their contribution to dementia and cognitive impairment.

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A 2003 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70b2f935aa2c282ce204b9https://doi.org/10.1159/000072920
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