Department of Medicine, Teaching Hospital SMBBMU (Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University), Larkana, Pakistan
Research Article
Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in People with Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s): Muhammad Umer Zaheer Khan, Abdul Raheem Tunio, Shafaque Batool, Kausar Abbas Saldera, Rizwan Lakho, Ufaque Batool K. Samo* and Jehan Zaib Arshad
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in a number of biologically conceivable ways, although how DM and the development of AD are related is still unclear.
Objective: To assess the risk of AD in subjects with and without DM.
Design: Prospective community-based cohort study.
Participants: Framingham Research Participants (n=2210; 1325 women; mean age, 70 years) who were part of the first cohort, did not have dementia and did not participate in the biennial test.
Results: Relative risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease within the overall group and within subgroups defined by plasma homocysteine levels and apolipoprotein E genotype (based on criteria from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicati.. View more»