Statins Reduces the Risk of Dementia in Patients with Late-Onset Depression : A Retrospective Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE: Patients with late-onset depression (LOD) have been reported to run a higher risk of subsequent dementia. The present study was conducted to assess whether statins can reduce the risk of dementia in these patients.

METHODS: We used the data from National Health Insurance of Taiwan during 1996-2009. Standardized Incidence Ratios (SIRs) were calculated for LOD and subsequent dementia. The criteria for LOD diagnoses included age ≥65 years, diagnosis of depression after 65 years of age, at least three service claims, and treatment with antidepressants. The time-dependent Cox proportional hazards model was applied for multivariate analyses. Propensity scores with the one-to-one nearest-neighbor matching model were used to select matching patients for validation studies. Kaplan-Meier curve estimate was used to measure the group of patients with dementia living after diagnosis of LOD.

RESULTS: Totally 45,973 patients aged ≥65 years were enrolled. The prevalence of LOD was 12.9% (5,952/45,973). Patients with LOD showed to have a higher incidence of subsequent dementia compared with those without LOD (Odds Ratio: 2.785; 95% CI 2.619-2.958). Among patients with LOD, lipid lowering agent (LLA) users (for at least 3 months) had lower incidence of subsequent dementia than non-users (Hazard Ratio = 0.781, 95% CI 0.685-0.891). Nevertheless, only statins users showed to have reduced risk of dementia (Hazard Ratio = 0.674, 95% CI 0.547-0.832) while other LLAs did not, which was further validated by Kaplan-Meier estimates after we used the propensity scores with the one-to-one nearest-neighbor matching model to control the confounding factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Statins may reduce the risk of subsequent dementia in patients with LOD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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PloS one - 10(2015), 9 vom: 17., Seite e0137914

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Ya-Hsu [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Hao-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Yen-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Li, Szu-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chih-Ching [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Albert C [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Hsiang-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chiao-Fan [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Fu-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chih-Kuang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wen-Sheng [VerfasserIn]

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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.05.2016

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0137914

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NLM252880110