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P2‐528: DIABETES MELLITUS INTERFERES IN FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, BUT NOT IN COGNITIVE SCREENING TESTS
Author(s) -
Vivas Ivan S.,
Fumagalli Amanda Azevedo,
Láo Rosa Giovana Carolina,
Melo Borges Sheila
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.06.2936
Subject(s) - verbal fluency test , timed up and go test , cognition , dementia , medicine , diabetes mellitus , stroop effect , test (biology) , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , cognitive test , physical therapy , psychology , disease , audiology , neuropsychology , psychiatry , endocrinology , balance (ability) , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
average: 2.4 and 5.1 years, respectively for individuals with and without dementia) was: 0.6& in oldest-old with dementia (1 case, 1,747 person-years) and 1.3& in those without (8 cases, 6,364 person-years). Conclusions: Among 80-years and older participants in the present prospective population-based study, prevalence of seizures/epilepsy was significantly higher in oldest-old with dementia than in those without. During 15 years of follow-up, incidence of seizures was uncommon in both groups.