Associations of late-life sleep medication use with incident dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
Kelsie M FullSnigdha PusalavidyasagarPriya PaltaKevin J SullivanJung-Im ShinRebecca F GottesmanAdam P SpiraMatthew P PasePamela L LutseyPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)
To expand on these findings, studies with longer follow-up and earlier assessment of sleep medication use are needed. Further investigation of the potential dose-response association of multiple sleep medications and the potential causal role of sleep medications in the development of dementia may be clinically meaningful.