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Burden of Alzheimers Disease and other Dementias
in Elderly People in Asia A Systematic Analysis for the
Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Author(s):
Zaher Khazaei, Kobra Rashidi, Victoria Momenabadi and Elham Goodarzi*
Background: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive and damaging brain disease of unknown etiology. The goal of this study is to investigate the burden of AD in Asia in 2019. Materials & Methods: All data sources accessible from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study were used to estimate prevalence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years of the Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as well as Alzheimer’s disease’s attributable risk factors in Asia from 1990 to 2019. We estimated all-cause and cause-specific mortality, Years of Life Lost (YLLs), Years Lived with Disability (YLDs), Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs) and attributable risks. All estimates were presented as counts and age-standardized rates per 100,000 populations with Uncertainty Intervals (UIs). Results: .. Read More»
10.54608.annalsmedical.2021.17
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