Roe Catherine M, Xiong Chengjie, Grant Elizabeth, Miller J Phillip, Morris John C
Division of Biostatistics, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA.
Arch Neurol. 2008 Jan;65(1):108-11. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.11.
To examine whether reported age at onset of dementia symptoms among participants with Alzheimer disease (AD) is later for those with fewer years of education and, if so, to see if education is attributed to delayed detection of symptoms.
Case series.
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Minimum Data Set (N=21 880 participants) and Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (N=1449 participants).
Reported age at onset of dementia symptoms is slightly younger in participants with more education. Participants with fewer years of education show greater clinical severity of Alzheimer disease at first assessment.
Symptoms of Alzheimer disease are recognized later among those with less education.
研究阿尔茨海默病(AD)患者中,报告的痴呆症状发病年龄对于受教育年限较少的患者是否更晚出现;如果是,探究教育程度是否归因于症状检测延迟。
病例系列研究。
国家阿尔茨海默病协调中心最小数据集(N = 21880名参与者)和华盛顿大学阿尔茨海默病研究中心(N = 1449名参与者)。
受教育程度较高的参与者报告的痴呆症状发病年龄略小。受教育年限较少的参与者在首次评估时阿尔茨海默病的临床严重程度更高。
受教育程度较低的人群中,阿尔茨海默病症状的识别较晚。