Jorm A F, Korten A E, Henderson A S
NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1987 Nov;76(5):465-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02906.x.
Data from studies of dementia prevalence between 1945 to 1985 were analyzed statistically. Prevalence rates were found to vary as a function of methodological differences between studies. However, despite these differences, the relationship between prevalence and age was found to be consistent across studies, with rates doubling every 5.1 years. Across studies, Alzheimer's disease (AD) was found to be more common in women, with a tendency for multi-infarct dementia (MID) to be more common in men. There were also national differences in the relative prevalence of AD and MID, with MID being more common in Japanese and Russian studies, no difference in Finnish and American studies, and an excess of AD in other Western European countries.
对1945年至1985年期间痴呆症患病率研究的数据进行了统计分析。发现患病率因研究方法的差异而有所不同。然而，尽管存在这些差异，但各研究中患病率与年龄之间的关系是一致的，患病率每5.1年翻一番。在各项研究中，发现阿尔茨海默病（AD）在女性中更为常见，而多发性梗死性痴呆（MID）在男性中更为常见。AD和MID的相对患病率也存在国家差异，在日本和俄罗斯的研究中MID更为常见，在芬兰和美国的研究中没有差异，而在其他西欧国家AD更为常见。
