Diabetes mellitus and the risk of dementia: The Rotterdam Study

A Ott, RP Stolk, F Van Harskamp, HAP Pols, A Hofman… - Neurology, 1999 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the risk of dementia and
AD. Background: Both dementia and diabetes are frequent disorders in elderly people …

Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study

A Hofman, A Ott, MMB Breteler, ML Bots, AJC Slooter… - The Lancet, 1997 - thelancet.com
Background Vascular disorders have been implicated in dementia, but whether
atherosclerosis is related to the most frequent type of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is not …

Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: association with education. The Rotterdam study

A Ott, MMB Breteler, F Van Harskamp, JJ Claus… - Bmj, 1995 - bmj.com
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of dementia and its subtypes in the general
population and examine the relation of the disease to education. Design: Population based …

Dietary fat intake and the risk of incident dementia in the Rotterdam Study

S Kalmijn, LJ Launer, A Ott, JCM Witteman… - Annals of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
A high intake of saturated fat and cholesterol and a low intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids
have been related to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease …

Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers

HFL Wertheim, MC Vos, A Ott, A van Belkum, A Voss… - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
Staphylococcus aureus is the second most frequent cause of nosocomial blood infections.
We screened 14 008 non-bacteraemic, non-surgical patients for S aureus nasal carriage at …

Atrial fibrillation and dementia in a population-based study: the Rotterdam Study

A Ott, MMB Breteler, MC De Bruyne, F Van Harskamp… - Stroke, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose Atrial fibrillation is a frequent disorder in the elderly and a known
risk factor for cerebrovascular stroke. We investigated the association of atrial fibrillation with …

Association of diabetes mellitus and dementia: the Rotterdam Study

A Ott, RP Stolk, A Hofman, F van Harskamp… - Diabetologia, 1996 - Springer
Dementia and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are highly prevalent
disorders in the elderly. Diabetes has repeatedly been reported to affect cognition, but its …

Smoking and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in a population-based cohort study: the Rotterdam Study

A Ott, AJC Slooter, A Hofman, F van Harskamp… - The Lancet, 1998 - thelancet.com
Background Previous studies suggested a protective effect of smoking on Alzheimer's
disease, but most were case-control studies based on prevalent cases. The findings of …

Incidence and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study

A Ott, MMB Breteler, F Harskamp… - American journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Abstract To assess age-, sex-, and subtype-specific incidence rates of dementia and to
calculate the risk of dementia, the authors performed a large, community-based, prospective …

Incidence of dementia: does gender make a difference?

A Ruitenberg, A Ott, JC van Swieten, A Hofman… - Neurobiology of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Several studies suggested that women are at higher risk of dementia than men. However,
that was based on rather limited data. We investigated possible gender differences in the …