title: Alpha: the Liverpool MRC Study of the incidence of dementia and cognitive decline.
abstract: The design and methods of this longitudinal study of dementia which is underway are described. An age- and sex-stratified random sample of 6,000 elderly community subjects are being re-assessed after a 2-year interval using the GMS-AGECAT package. Alpha forms part of the MRC funded UK multicentre incidence study and an international network of collaborative studies using comparable measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors