title: Dementia in an American-Chinese nursing home population.
abstract: Of 58 demented residents in an American-Chinese nursing home, 44 (75.9%) had multi-infarct dementia, seven (12.1%) had possible Alzheimer's disease, four (6.9%) had other dementias, and three 5.2% had unknown disorders. Alzheimer's disease was relatively less prevalent than in U.S. nursing homes overall.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D001213:Asian; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes