Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease: comorbidity?

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Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease : comorbidity? / Bach-Holm, Daniella; Kessing, Svend Vedel; Mogensen, Ulla; Forman, Julie Lyng; Andersen, Per Kragh; Kessing, Lars Vedel.

I: Acta Ophthamologica (Online), Bind 90, Nr. 7, 11.2012, s. 683-5.

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Bach-Holm, D, Kessing, SV, Mogensen, U, Forman, JL, Andersen, PK & Kessing, LV 2012, 'Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease: comorbidity?', Acta Ophthamologica (Online), bind 90, nr. 7, s. 683-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02125.x

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Bach-Holm, D., Kessing, S. V., Mogensen, U., Forman, J. L., Andersen, P. K., & Kessing, L. V. (2012). Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease: comorbidity? Acta Ophthamologica (Online), 90(7), 683-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02125.x

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Bach-Holm D, Kessing SV, Mogensen U, Forman JL, Andersen PK, Kessing LV. Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease: comorbidity? Acta Ophthamologica (Online). 2012 nov.;90(7):683-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02125.x

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Bach-Holm, Daniella ; Kessing, Svend Vedel ; Mogensen, Ulla ; Forman, Julie Lyng ; Andersen, Per Kragh ; Kessing, Lars Vedel. / Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease : comorbidity?. I: Acta Ophthamologica (Online). 2012 ; Bind 90, Nr. 7. s. 683-5.

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title = "Normal tension glaucoma and Alzheimer disease: comorbidity?",
abstract = "PURPOSE: To investigate whether normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is associated with increased risk of developing dementia/Alzheimer disease (AD).METHODS: A total of 69 patients with NTG were identified in the case note files in the Glaucoma Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet), Denmark from 1980 to 2001. The rate of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia as recorded in nationwide health care registers from 1980 to 2005 was estimated and compared with the rate for the general population [standard mortality rate (SMR) = observed number of cases of dementia/expected number of cases of dementia].RESULTS: The 69 patients had a median age of 64 years (quartiles 57 and 73) at the time of the diagnosis, and the average follow-up period was 12.7 years. The SMR(dementia) was 0.20 (95% CI 0.01-1.11). No patient developed AD.CONCLUSION: Normal tension glaucoma was not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia/AD.",
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author = "Daniella Bach-Holm and Kessing, {Svend Vedel} and Ulla Mogensen and Forman, {Julie Lyng} and Andersen, {Per Kragh} and Kessing, {Lars Vedel}",
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RIS

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AU - Bach-Holm, Daniella

AU - Kessing, Svend Vedel

AU - Mogensen, Ulla

AU - Forman, Julie Lyng

AU - Andersen, Per Kragh

AU - Kessing, Lars Vedel

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N2 - PURPOSE: To investigate whether normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is associated with increased risk of developing dementia/Alzheimer disease (AD).METHODS: A total of 69 patients with NTG were identified in the case note files in the Glaucoma Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet), Denmark from 1980 to 2001. The rate of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia as recorded in nationwide health care registers from 1980 to 2005 was estimated and compared with the rate for the general population [standard mortality rate (SMR) = observed number of cases of dementia/expected number of cases of dementia].RESULTS: The 69 patients had a median age of 64 years (quartiles 57 and 73) at the time of the diagnosis, and the average follow-up period was 12.7 years. The SMR(dementia) was 0.20 (95% CI 0.01-1.11). No patient developed AD.CONCLUSION: Normal tension glaucoma was not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia/AD.

AB - PURPOSE: To investigate whether normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is associated with increased risk of developing dementia/Alzheimer disease (AD).METHODS: A total of 69 patients with NTG were identified in the case note files in the Glaucoma Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet), Denmark from 1980 to 2001. The rate of a subsequent diagnosis of dementia as recorded in nationwide health care registers from 1980 to 2005 was estimated and compared with the rate for the general population [standard mortality rate (SMR) = observed number of cases of dementia/expected number of cases of dementia].RESULTS: The 69 patients had a median age of 64 years (quartiles 57 and 73) at the time of the diagnosis, and the average follow-up period was 12.7 years. The SMR(dementia) was 0.20 (95% CI 0.01-1.11). No patient developed AD.CONCLUSION: Normal tension glaucoma was not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia/AD.

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KW - Laser Coagulation

KW - Low Tension Glaucoma

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Registries

KW - Risk Factors

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