title: Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors With Risk of Dementia: A Pharmacoepidemiological Claims Data Analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medications that influence the risk of dementia in the elderly can be relevant for dementia prevention. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases but have also been shown to be potentially involved in cognitive decline.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between the use of PPIs and the risk of incident dementia in the elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a prospective cohort study using observational data from 2004 to 2011, derived from the largest German statutory health insurer, Allgemeine Ortskrankenkassen (AOK). Data on inpatient and outpatient diagnoses (coded by the German modification of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision) and drug prescriptions (categorized according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) were available on a quarterly basis. Data analysis was performed from August to November 2015.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prescription of omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole, esomeprazole, or rabeprazole.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main outcome was a diagnosis of incident dementia coded by the German modification of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. The association between PPI use and dementia was analyzed using time-dependent Cox regression. The model was adjusted for potential confounding factors, including age, sex, comorbidities, and polypharmacy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 73,679 participants 75 years of age or older and free of dementia at baseline were analyzed. The patients receiving regular PPI medication (n = 2950; mean [SD] age, 83.8 [5.4] years; 77.9% female) had a significantly increased risk of incident dementia compared with the patients not receiving PPI medication (n = 70,729; mean [SD] age, 83.0 [5.6] years; 73.6% female) (hazard ratio, 1.44 [95% CI, 1.36-1.52]; P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The avoidance of PPI medication may prevent the development of dementia. This finding is supported by recent pharmacoepidemiological analyses on primary data and is in line with mouse models in which the use of PPIs increased the levels of β-amyloid in the brains of mice. Randomized, prospective clinical trials are needed to examine this connection in more detail.
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gomm
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Holt
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Friederike
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thomé
authors.affiliation: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Broich
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany3Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany4Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany4Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany5Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany6Institute for Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doblhammer
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haenisch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D017891:Pharmacoepidemiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors