Anticholinergic drugs and incident dementia, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis

T Pieper, Nina; M. Grossi, Carlota; Chan, Wei-Yee; K. Loke, Yoon; M. Savva, George; Haroulis, Clara; Steel, Nicholas; Fox, Chris; Maidment, Ian; Arthur, Antony; Kyaw Myint, Phyo; O. Smith, Toby; Robinson, Louise; E. Matthews, Fiona; Brayne, Carol; Richardson, Kathryn

doi:10.1093/ageing/afaa090

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Anticholinergic drugs and incident dementia, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis

Published in Age and Ageing • Apr 14, 2020

Authors:

Nina T Pieper

Carlota M. Grossi

Wei-Yee Chan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: the long-term effect of the use of drugs with anticholinergic activity on cognitive function remains unclear. METHODS: we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitive ...

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Medicine

Dementia

Anticholinergic

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