Dae Jong Oh, Jong Bin Bae, Darren M Lipnicki, Ji Won Han, Perminder S Sachdev, Tae Hui Kim, Kyung Phil Kwak, Bong Jo Kim, Shin Gyeom Kim, Jeong Lan Kim, Seok Woo Moon, Joon Hyuk Park, Seung-Ho Ryu, Jong Chul Youn, Dong Young Lee, Dong Woo Lee, Seok Bum Lee, Jung Jae Lee, Jin Hyeong Jhoo, Ingmar Skoog, Jenna Najar, Therese R Sterner, Antonio Guaita, Roberta Vaccaro, Elena Rolandi, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Mary Yannakoulia, Mary H Kosmidis, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Susanne Roehr, Jacqueline Dominguez, Ma Fe De Guzman, Krizelle Cleo Fowler, Antonio Lobo, Pedro Saz, Raul Lopez-Anton, Kaarin J Anstey, Nicolas Cherbuin, Moyra E Mortby, Henry Brodaty, Julian Trollor, Nicole Kochan, Ki Woong Kim
BACKGROUND: Parental history of dementia appears to increase the risk of dementia, but there have been inconsistent results. We aimed to investigate whether the association between parental history of dementia and the risk of dementia are different by dementia subtypes and sex of parent and offspring. METHODS: For this cross-sectional study, we harmonized and pooled data for 17,194 older adults from nine population-based cohorts of eight countries. These studies conducted face-to-face diagnostic interviews, physical and neurological examinations, and neuropsychological assessments to diagnose dementia...
May 10, 2023: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences