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Cessation of Driving is Rare in Older Drivers Seen in the Emergency Department After a Motor Vehicle Collision: A Prospective Cohort Study

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: sex, and cardiovascular risk factors in participants with MCI and AD (Table 1).The association between eGFR and WMHs in participants with VaD was significant but was attenuated when adjusting for vascular risk factors. DISCUSSIONVascular risk factors such as hypertension, dietary fat intake, high cholesterol, and obesity have emerged as important influences on the risk of VaD and AD, but there is little evidence to support the view that these vascular risk factors have the same influence on WMHs in both types of dementia.The present study provided an opportunity to examine the relationship between WMHs, eGFR, and hypoalbuminemia in AD and VaD and revealed that low eGFR was associated more strongly with WMHs in VaD than with MCI or AD.Hypoalbuminemia was also associated with WMHs in MCI and AD.SVD is an important pathophysiological mechanism in dementia but does not lend itself to categorical diagnostic labels.Hypoalbuminemia might be useful for differentiating the influence of SVD on dementia.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13223

Authors: Natalie L. Richmond, Sean A. Flannigan, Lukas G. Keil, Marian E. Betz, Timothy F. Platts‐Mills

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Colorado Anschutz

Language: English

Topic: Older Adults Driving Studies

Subfield: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute on Aging