# INCIDENCE AND COURSE OF DEMENTIA IN SHANGHAI

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 1992 · $250,852

## Abstract

DESCRIPTION:  (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract) The investigators
propose to determine the age-specific incidence of dementia and
Alzheimer's disease and the clinical course of thee conditions in Chinese
subjects over age 65 in Shanghai by carrying out a five year reevaluation
of subjects first studied in 1987.  The initial community survey of 5,055
elderly was carried out in the Jing-An district of Shanghai in 1987 by a
collaborative effort of the Shanghai Institute of Mental Health and
scientists then at the University of Illinois in Chicago and the
University of California at San Diego. During this first survey the age-
specific prevalence of dementia was determined and found to be similar to,
although at the lower limits of, that found in other countries. Two-thirds
of the cases met the accepted clinical criteria for Alzheimer's disease.
Of particular interest was the finding of the higher prevalence of
dementia in women than in men over the age of 75 and a higher prevalence
among those who had received no formal education early in life. The 1992
follow-up of those who were age 65 or older in 1987 will provide data on
accuracy of initial diagnosis, age-specific incidence and the effect of
education, gender, and differential mortality on prevalence figures, and
will provide information concerning other putative risk factors, the
clinical characteristics and rate of decline observed in Alzheimer's
disease in Shanghai and caregiver burden in this society.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3122062
- **Project number:** 1R01AG010106-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **SAM.gov UEI:** UYTTZT6G9DT1
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT KATZMAN
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $250,852
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1992-09-15 → 1996-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3122062

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3122062, INCIDENCE AND COURSE OF DEMENTIA IN SHANGHAI (1R01AG010106-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3122062. Licensed CC0.

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