Review Article

Cardiovascular Prevention of Cognitive Decline

Table 2

Prevalence of dementia (clinical criteria) in people aged > 65 years.

CountryPrevalence rate (% )

Fitzpatrick et al. [27]USA6.3
Graham et al. [28], Hébert et al. [29]Canada5.3
Berr et al. [30], Riedel-Heller et al. [31]15 European countries (EURODEM)5.9
Lobo et al. [32]Spain5.2
Nitriniet al. [33]6 countries, South America7.1
Kalaria et al. [34]India3.4
Dong et al. [22], Kalaria et al. [34]China3.1