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Emma F. van Bussel
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edo Richard
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Derk L. Arts
Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5702-5856
Astrid C. J. Nooyens
Affiliation: Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-3338
Preciosa M. Coloma
Affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Margot W. M. de Waal
Affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Marjan van den Akker
Affiliations CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Academic Center for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Marion C. J. Biermans
Affiliation: Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5401-3817
Markus M. J. Nielen
Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kees van Boven
Affiliation: Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Hugo Smeets
Affiliation: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9718-1180
Fiona E. Matthews
Affiliation: Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1728-2388
Carol Brayne
Affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5307-663X
Wim B. Busschers
Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Willem A. van Gool
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eric P. Moll van Charante
Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-5218Abstract
Background
Recent reports have suggested declining age-specific incidence rates of dementia in high-income countries over time. Improved education and cardiovascular health in early age have been suggested to be bringing about this effect. The aim of this study was to estimate the age-specific dementia incidence trend in primary care records from a...