Neurology 2000;54:2072-2077
© 2000 American Academy of Neurology
Articles
Age-specific incidence rates of Alzheimer’s disease
The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
C. Kawas, MD,
S. Gray, PhD,
R. Brookmeyer, PhD,
J. Fozard, PhD and
A. Zonderman, PhD
From the Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas) and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (Drs. Kawas and Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, Cognition Section (Dr. Kawas), Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (Dr. Fozard), and Laboratory of Personality and Cognition (Dr. Zonderman), NIA, NIH, Baltimore; and the Department of Biostatistics (Drs. Gray and Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Claudia Kawas, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Room 1B.82, Baltimore, MD 21224.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate age-specific incidence rates of AD in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA).
BACKGROUND: The BLSA is a volunteer cohort of normal subjects followed longitudinally with biennial evaluations at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging.
METHODS: Subjects are 1236 participants (802 men, 434 women) in the BLSA with longitudinal follow-up between January 1985 and May 1998. The average length of follow-up was 7.5 years, with participants evaluated every 2 years by physical, neurologic, and neuropsychological examinations. Using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd ed., revised and National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke–Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria, the authors diagnosed dementia and AD.
RESULTS: The authors diagnosed 155 cases of dementia, of which 114 (74%) were AD. Incidence rates of AD increased with age from an estimated 0.08% per year (95% CI 0.00 to 0.43) in the 60 to 65 age group to an estimated 6.48% per year (95% CI 5.01 to 8.38) in the 85+ age group for men and women combined. The doubling time of incidence rates was estimated to be approximately 4.4 years and the median time of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to diagnosis of AD was estimated to be 4.4 years. There was a trend for women to have higher incidence rates than men and for fewer years of education to be associated with higher incidence rates; however, these effects were not significant.
CONCLUSION: Incidence rates for AD in the BLSA are consistent with published rates in other studies. The longitudinally followed subjects of the BLSA offer a unique opportunity to prospectively investigate the antecedents of AD.
Key words: AD—Incidence—Incidence rates—Dementia.
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