Population
Elderly patients diagnosed with dementia of an Alzheimer's type, multiinfarct dementia, or major depression
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Lower cardiovascular disease prevalence in Alzheimer's than multiinfarct dementia should not change practice; leaves open differential vascular contributions to dementia subtypes.
Cardiovascular disease and hypertension are significantly less prevalent in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease compared to those with multiinfarct dementia or major depression.
Tresch et al. (1985) studied this question.
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