Study design and baseline characteristics of a population-based prospective cohort study of dementia in Japan: the Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging and Dementia (JPSC-AD).
Toshiharu NinomiyaShigeyuki NakajiTetsuya MaedaMasahito YamadaMasaru MimuraKenji NakashimaTakaaki MoriMinoru TakebayashiTomoyuki OharaJun HataYoshihiro KokuboKazuhiro UchidaYasuyuki TakiShuzo KumagaiKoji YonemotoHisako YoshidaKaori MutoYukihide MomozawaMasato AkiyamaMichiaki KuboManabu IkedaShigenobu KanbaYutaka Kiyoharanull nullPublished in: Environmental health and preventive medicine (2020)
The prospective cohort data from the JPSC-AD will provide valuable insights regarding the risk factors and etiology of dementia as well as for the development of predictive models and diagnostic markers for the future onset of dementia. The findings of this study will improve our understanding of dementia and provide helpful information to establish effective preventive strategies for dementia in Japan.