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P3‐349: PREVALENCE ESTIMATES OF DEMENTIA IN COLOMBIA (2005‐2020): TRANSITIONS AND STAGE OF DISEASE
Author(s) -
Takeuchi Yuri,
ArizaAraujo Yoseth,
Prada Sergio
Publication year - 2014
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.2014.05.1442
Subject(s) - dementia , demography , cohort , population , incidence (geometry) , projections of population growth , stage (stratigraphy) , disease , medicine , gerontology , mathematics , population growth , paleontology , geometry , sociology , biology
Background: The only study involving a nationally representative sample to estimate dementia prevalence in Colombia has been the EPINEURO. This was a population-based survey of a stratified random sample of urban and rural residents of five regions of Colombia. The purpose of this paper was to estimate the number of people suffering from dementia and in particular Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Colombia by severity stage.Objetive:
to evaluate the association between
maternal age and prevalence of congenital defects
(CD) in a third level hospital in Cali, Colombia.
Materials and methods:
cross-sectional study
was developed based on data collected by the CD
system records the Hospital Universitario del Valle
(HUV), Cali, Colombia, between 2004 and 2008.
It included all births in the period and determined
the type of CD, socio-demographic variables of
mothers. Prevalence according to maternal age
and analyzed the association between maternal
age and CD