Alzheimer’s disease risk up for older adults after COVID-19
Highest risk for new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease within 360 days after diagnosis for those aged 85 years and older and women
Adults aged 65 years and older with COVID-19 infection have an increased risk for developing new-onset Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Lindsey Wang, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, and colleagues examined the potential association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a retrospective cohort study of 6,245,282 older adults (aged 65 years and older) with medical encounters between February 2020 and May 2021.
