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@ARTICLE{Teipel:276087,
author = {Teipel, Stefan and Akmatov, Manas and Michalowsky, Bernhard
and Riedel-Heller, Steffi and Bohlken, Jens and Holstiege,
Jakob},
title = {{T}iming of risk factors, prodromal features, and
comorbidities of dementia from a large health claims
case-control study.},
journal = {Alzheimer's research $\&$ therapy},
volume = {17},
number = {1},
issn = {1758-9193},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00168},
pages = {22},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Many risk factors for dementia have been identified, but
the timing of risk is less well understood. Here, we
analyzed risk factors in a case-control study covering 10
years before an incident dementia diagnosis.We designed a
case-control study using insurance claims of outpatient
consultations of patients with German statutory health
insurance between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2022. We
included patients with an incident diagnosis of dementia and
controls without a diagnosis of dementia matched 1:2 for
age, sex, region, and earliest year of outpatient encounter.
We selected exposures based on previous systematic reviews,
case-control and cohort studies reporting on risk factors,
comorbidities, and prodromal features of dementia. We
calculated the prevalence of risk factors in cases and
controls and odds ratios for each year before the index
date, along with Bonferroni-corrected confidence intervals,
using conditional logistic regression.We identified a total
of 1,686,759 patients with incident dementia (mean (SD) age,
82.15 (6.90) years; $61.70\%$ female) and 3,373,518 matched
controls (mean (SD) age, 82.15 (6.90) years; $61.70\%$
female). Study participants were followed up for a mean (SD)
of 6.6 (2.3) years. Of the 63 risk factors and prodromal
features examined, 56 were associated with an increased risk
of dementia in all years during the 10th and the 1st year
before the index date. These included established risk
factors, such as depression, hypertension, hearing
impairment, nicotine and alcohol abuse, obesity,
hypercholesterolaemia, traumatic brain injury, and diabetes.
The greatest risk, with odds ratios greater than 2.5, was
conferred by delirium, memory impairment, mental
retardation, personality and behavioral disorders, sensory
disorders, schizophrenia, and psychosis. Cancer was
associated with a reduced risk of dementia.This large
case-control study confirmed established risk factors of
dementia. In addition, the study identified non-specific
diagnoses that showed a steep increase in risk close to the
index date, such as psychosis, conduct disorder, and other
sensory disorders. Consideration of these diagnoses, which
may represent prodromal features rather than risk factors
for dementia, may help to identify people with dementia in
routine care.},
keywords = {Humans / Female / Male / Case-Control Studies / Dementia:
epidemiology / Risk Factors / Prodromal Symptoms /
Comorbidity / Aged, 80 and over / Aged / Germany:
epidemiology / Time Factors / Prevalence / Behavioral
disorders (Other) / Cancer (Other) / Dementia incidence
(Other) / Health claims data (Other) / Hypertension (Other)
/ Odds ratio (Other) / Risk trajectory (Other)},
cin = {AG Teipel / AG Michalowsky},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1510100 / I:(DE-2719)5000067},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11736938},
pubmed = {pmid:39819557},
doi = {10.1186/s13195-024-01662-x},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/276087},
}