Determination of environmental and lifestyle risk factors for dementia in a large-scale cohort study

• Project/Area Number: 26860436
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: KITAMURA Kaori 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 助教 (80468975)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 認知症 / 疫学 / 縦断研究 / 介護保険 / 生活習慣 / リスク要因 / 地域保健 / QOL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aims of this study were to collect cases of dementia and cognitive impairment in the Murakami Cohort Study, and to determine risk factors of such diseases. We obtained 120 dementia cases in the cohort, and 112 cases of cognitive impairment in the 1814 subjects who underwent the Mini-Mental State Examination (sub-cohort). We analyzed demographic and lifestyle risk factors for cognitive impairment.