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Anxiety is associated with increased likelihood of vascular dementia

Publish date:: May 21, 2020

Key clinical point: Anxiety is associated with increased risk of vascular dementia, but whether anxiety is a modifiable risk factor or an early marker of the disease remains unclear.

Major finding: Older adults with anxiety have 1.65 times higher risk of vascular dementia, compared with older adults without anxiety.

Study details: A meta-analysis of three cohort studies that included 31,948 participants in Europe and Australia.

Disclosures: The study was supported by grants from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Madrid, Spain. One author is supported by the health department from the Generalitat de Catalunya. One author has received an honorarium from Servier/Saned and nonfinancial support from Servier, Lundbeck, Pfizer, Nutrición Médica, and Esteve to attend scientific meetings, unrelated to the study.

Citation:

Santabárbara J et al. J Clin Med. 2020 May 6. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051368.

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