Study design and baseline characteristics of a population-based prospective cohort study of dementia in Japan: the Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging and Dementia (JPSC-AD)

• Main Authors: Toshiharu Ninomiya (Author), Shigeyuki Nakaji (Author), Tetsuya Maeda (Author), Masahito Yamada (Author), Masaru Mimura (Author), Kenji Nakashima (Author), Takaaki Mori (Author), Minoru Takebayashi (Author), Tomoyuki Ohara (Author), Jun Hata (Author), Yoshihiro Kokubo (Author), Kazuhiro Uchida (Author), Yasuyuki Taki (Author), Shuzo Kumagai (Author), Koji Yonemoto (Author), Hisako Yoshida (Author), Kaori Muto (Author), Yukihide Momozawa (Author), Masato Akiyama (Author), Michiaki Kubo (Author), Manabu Ikeda (Author), Shigenobu Kanba (Author), Yutaka Kiyohara (Author), on behalf of the JPSFC-AD Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The burden of dementia is growing rapidly and has become a medical and social problem in Japan. Prospective cohort studies have been considered an effective methodology to clarify the risk factors and the etiology of dementia. We aimed to perform a large-scale dementia cohort stu...