Occurrence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia after the Age of 60: A Population-Based Study from Northern Italy

Diana De Ronchi, Domenico Berardi, Marco Menchetti, Giuseppe Ferrari, Alessandro Serretti, Edoardo Dalmonte, Laura Fratiglioni

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · 2004 · 99 citations · 53 references

Abstract

Cognitive impairment is very common in the younger old ages (under 70 years of age), whereas dementia becomes predominant after 75 years of age. Both conditions are strongly related to the educational level.

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