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P1‐154: Is there a relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, thyroid pathology and mild cognitive impairment? A Romanian prospective study
Author(s) -
Ioancio Ioana,
Spiru Luiza,
Trascu Razvan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.434
Subject(s) - medicine , fatty liver , metabolic syndrome , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , diabetes mellitus , dementia , disease , prospective cohort study , depression (economics) , thyroid , cognitive decline , risk factor , thyroid disease , gastroenterology , pathology , endocrinology , obesity , economics , macroeconomics
53%), 6 (35%) were suspected of having VaDAND 2 (12%) were thought to be related to systemic disease. Estimated dementia prevalence in those over 60years of age showed large differences between urban (3%) and rural sites (7-16%), which were not explained by gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. However, rural areas are disproportionally populated by older and less educated participants, who have less access to health care. Healthier diets are also more likely to be consumed by the more affluent, relatively younger Jakarta based population.Conclusions: These studies showed that our short cheap and sensitive screening battery (15-20 min) can be used for dementia screening in rural Java and possibly other developing countries.