title: Gastritis May Boost Odds of Dementia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Given the high prevalence of dementia and its devastating consequences, identifying risk factors for dementia is a public health priority. The present study aims to assess whether gastritis increases the odds of dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data for this study, consisting of 2926 community-dwelling older adults, were obtained from the National survey entitled "Mental Health and Quality of Life of Older Malaysians." Dementia was diagnosed using the Geriatric Mental State-Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer-Assisted Taxonomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of dementia was considerably higher among older adults with gastritis (29.5%) compared to those without gastritis (13.2%). After adjusting for age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes, gastritis was significantly associated with more than twice odds of dementia (adjusted odds ratio = 2.42, P < .001, 95% confidence interval = 1.68-3.49).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings from this population-based observational study showing evidence that gastritis may increase the risk of dementia provide avenue for further inquiries into dementia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Yadollah Abolfathi
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Momtaz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aizan@upm.edu.my.
authors.forename: Tengku Aizan
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rahimah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: aged; dementia; gastritis; risk factor