Patterns of acquiring parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam. 1944 through 1985
Autor: | Dallas W. Anderson, Lawrence Lavine, Nathan Mantel, Zhen-xin Zhang |
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Rok vydání: | 1990 |
Předmět: |
Gerontology
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Younger age Philippines Cohort Studies Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Epidemiology medicine Dementia Humans Parkinsonism dementia Aged business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Follow up studies Parkinson Disease Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Guam Female Neurology (clinical) business Cohort study |
Zdroj: | Archives of neurology. 47(9) |
ISSN: | 0003-9942 |
Popis: | • For 1944 through 1985, documented clinical descriptions compatible with a diagnosis of parkinsonism-dementia complex were found in 363 Chamorros (including mixed Chamorros) and three Filipino immigrants who had lived on Guam before onset. Downward trends in age-adjusted incidence rates and upward trends in age at onset were seen for Chamorros of both sexes. Since 1980, new cases have occurred only among persons over 50 years of age, whereas a younger age at onset had been noted in the past. Evidence suggests that the length of the latent period varied widely (up to decades) and increased with time, the risk of acquiring parkinsonism-dementia complex had declined since the late 1950s, and the critical age of exposure to an unknown factor in the environment on Guam appears to have been during adolescence or adulthood. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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