Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study

Lee, Jinkook; Meijer, Erik; M. Langa, Kenneth; Ganguli, Mary; Varghese, Mathew; Banerjee, Joyita; Khobragade, Pranali; Angrisani, Marco; Kurup, Ravi; Shubhra Chakrabarti, Sankha; Singh Gambhir, Indrajeet; A. Koul, Parvaiz; Goswami, Debabrata; Talukdar, Arunanshu; Ranjan Mohanty, Rashmi; Sathyanarayana Yadati, Raju; Padmaja, Mekala; Sankhe, Lalit; Rajguru, Chhaya; Gupta, Monica; Kumar, Govind; Dhar, Minakshi; Chatterjee, Prasun; Singhal, Sunny; Bansal, Rishav; Bajpai, Swati; Desai, Gaurav; R. Rao, Abhijith; T. Sivakumar, Palanimuthu; Prasad Muliyala, Krishna; Bhatankar, Swaroop; Chattopadhyay, Aparajita; Govil, Dipti; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; V. Sekher, T.; E. Bloom, David; M. Crimmins, Eileen; Ballav Dey, Aparajit

doi:10.1002/alz.12928

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Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study

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Authors:

Jinkook Lee

Erik Meijer

Kenneth M. Langa

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Abstract Introduction Prior estimates of dementia prevalence in India were based on samples from selected communities, inadequately representing the national and state populations. Methods From the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) we recruited a sample of adults ages 60+ and administered a r...

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