http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/33/9/2254
- David W. Desmond, PhD;
- Joan T. Moroney, MD, MRCPI;
- Mary Sano, PhD;
- Yaakov Stern, PhD
+ Author Affiliations
- Correspondence to Dr David W. Desmond, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Box 25, Brooklyn, NY 11203. E-mail dwdesmond@usa.net
Abstract
Background and Purpose—
A number of cross-sectional epidemiological studies have reported that
one fourth of elderly patients meet criteria for dementia
3 months after ischemic stroke, but few
longitudinal studies of the incidence of dementia after stroke have been
performed.
We conducted the present study to investigate
the incidence and clinical predictors of dementia after ischemic stroke.
Methods— We
administered neurological, neuropsychological, and functional
assessments annually to 334 ischemic stroke patients (age,
70.4±7.5 years) and 241 stroke-free control
subjects (age, 70.6±6.5 years), all of whom were nondemented in baseline
examinations.
We diagnosed incident dementia using modified Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised Third Edition criteria requiring deficits in memory and ≥2 additional cognitive domains, as well as functional impairment.
Results— The
crude incidence rate of dementia was 8.49 cases per 100 person-years in
the stroke cohort and 1.37 cases per 100 person-years
in the control cohort. A Cox
proportional-hazards analysis found that the relative risk (RR) of
incident dementia associated
with stroke was 3.83 (95% CI, 2.14 to 6.84),
adjusting for demographic variables and baseline Mini-Mental State
Examination
score. Within the stroke cohort, intercurrent
medical illnesses associated with cerebral hypoxia or ischemia were
independently
related to incident dementia (RR, 4.40; 95% CI,
2.20 to 8.85), adjusting for recurrent stroke, demographic variables,
and
baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score.
Conclusions—
The risk of incident dementia is high among patients with ischemic
stroke, particularly in association with intercurrent
medical illnesses that might cause cerebral
hypoxia or ischemia, suggesting that cerebral hypoperfusion may serve as
a basis
for some cases of dementia after stroke.
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