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Mental health symptoms as preclinical indicators of dementia: a Whitehall II cohort study

2026-01-08 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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INTRODUCTIONChanges in mental health symptoms, and their timing in the preclinical period of dementia, are not well characterised. METHODSWe followed 5,495 Whitehall II participants (median age 68.5; 72.1% male) from their mental health symptoms assessment using the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R) starting in 2012/13 to dementia diagnosis, death, or 2024. Linear mixed effects regression assessed CIS-R score changes preceding dementia. Flexible parametric models estimated association...

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