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BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 2018, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7631951
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- Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan [MOHW107-TDU-B-212-123004]
- China Medical University Hospital, Academia Sinica Stroke Biosignature Project [BM10701010021]
- MOST Clinical Trial Consortium for Stroke [MOST 106-2321-B-039-005]
- Tseng-Lien Lin Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
- Katsuzo and Kiyo Aoshima Memorial Funds, Japan
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Background and Aims. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the third most common form of dementia. Epidemiological studies of DLB in Taiwan are scarce. In this study, we estimated the incidence of DLB and comorbidity in the population of Taiwan. Methods. Data were obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). DLB patients between 2000 and 2013 were enrolled in assessments of incidence and comorbidity. Results. The incidence of DLB was shown to be 7.10 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI = 6.63-7.59), which increased with age. The average age at diagnosis was 76.3, and this was higher for males than for females. The comorbidity rates of hypertension and hyperlipidemia in DLB patients were higher in females than in males. Conclusions. Epidemiologic data from large-scale retrospective studies is crucial to the prevention of DLB.
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