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Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage with Autism Prevalence in 7 Million School Children in England (2021)
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Roman-Urrestarazu, A., Van Kessel, R., Allison, C., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2021). Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage with Autism Prevalence in 7 Million School Children in England. JAMA Pediatrics, 175(6), https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0054

Importance: The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been reported to be between 1% and 2% of the population, with little research in Black, Asian, and other racial/ethnic minority groups. Accurate estimates of ASD prevalence are v... Read More about Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage with Autism Prevalence in 7 Million School Children in England.

Utility of the pareidolia test in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease (2021)
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Hamilton, C. A., Matthews, F. E., Allan, L. M., Barker, S., Ciafone, J., Donaghy, P. C., …Thomas, A. J. (2021). Utility of the pareidolia test in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 36(9), 1407-1414. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5546

Objectives: Previous research has identified that dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has abnormal pareidolic responses which are associated with severity of visual hallucinations (VH), and the pareidolia test accurately classifies DLB with VH. We aimed... Read More about Utility of the pareidolia test in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease.

Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008–2016, and other countries of the EU28: An observational cross-sectional study (2021)
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Welsh, C. E., Matthews, F. E., & Jagger, C. (2021). Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008–2016, and other countries of the EU28: An observational cross-sectional study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, 2, Article 100023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100023

Background: As society ages, promoting the health of the extra years of life is of paramount importance for health, social care and pension provision. Increases in life expectancy in the UK and elsewhere have slowed in recent years, but the reasons f... Read More about Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008–2016, and other countries of the EU28: An observational cross-sectional study.

Perceived and objective availability of green and blue spaces and quality of life in people with dementia: results from the IDEAL programme (2021)
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Wu, Y. T., Clare, L., Jones, I. R., Nelis, S. M., Quinn, C., Martyr, A., …Matthews, F. E. (2021). Perceived and objective availability of green and blue spaces and quality of life in people with dementia: results from the IDEAL programme. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(9), 1601-1610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02030-y

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between quality of life and both perceived and objective availability of local green and blue spaces in people with dementia, including potential variation across rural/urban settings... Read More about Perceived and objective availability of green and blue spaces and quality of life in people with dementia: results from the IDEAL programme.

Prevalence and factors associated with poor performance in the 5-chair stand test: findings from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II and proposed Newcastle protocol for use in the assessment of sarcopenia (2021)
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Dodds, R. M., Murray, J. C., Granic, A., Hurst, C., Uwimpuhwe, G., Richardson, S., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Sayer, A. A., Arthur, A., Baldwin, C., Barnes, L. E., Comas-Herrera, A., Dening, T., Forster, G., Harrison, S., Ince, P. G., Jagger, C., McKeith, I. G., Parry, B., …Woods, B. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with poor performance in the 5-chair stand test: findings from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II and proposed Newcastle protocol for use in the assessment of sarcopenia. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 12(2), 308-318. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12660

Background: Poor performance in the 5-chair stand test (5-CST) indicates reduced lower limb muscle strength. The 5-CST has been recommended for use in the initial assessment of sarcopenia, the accelerated loss of muscle strength and mass. In order to... Read More about Prevalence and factors associated with poor performance in the 5-chair stand test: findings from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II and proposed Newcastle protocol for use in the assessment of sarcopenia.

Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II (2021)
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Bennett, H. Q., Kingston, A., Spiers, G., Robinson, L., Corner, L., Bambra, C., …Jagger, C. (2021). Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(3), 841-851. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa271

Background: Despite increasing life expectancy (LE), cross-sectional data show widening inequalities in disability-free LE (DFLE) by socioeconomic status (SES) in many countries. We use longitudinal data to better understand trends in DFLE and years... Read More about Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated transcriptome alterations in cortical neurones and associated neurovascular unit cells in the ageing brain (2021)
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Bury, J. J., Chambers, A., Heath, P. R., Ince, P. G., Shaw, P. J., Matthews, F. E., …Wharton, S. B. (2021). Type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated transcriptome alterations in cortical neurones and associated neurovascular unit cells in the ageing brain. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 9(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-020-01109-y

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), characterised by peripheral insulin resistance, is a risk factor for dementia. In addition to its contribution to small and large vessel disease, T2D may directly damage cells of the brain neurovascular unit. In this s... Read More about Type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated transcriptome alterations in cortical neurones and associated neurovascular unit cells in the ageing brain.

Dementia in the older population is associated with neocortex content of serum amyloid P component (2021)
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Ellmerich, S., Taylor, G. W., Richardson, C. D., Minett, T., Schmidt, A. F., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Ince, P. G., Wharton, S. B., & Pepys, M. B. (2021). Dementia in the older population is associated with neocortex content of serum amyloid P component. Brain Communications, 3(4), Article fcab225. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcab225

Despite many reported associations, the direct cause of neurodegeneration responsible for cognitive loss in Alzheimer's disease and some other common dementias is not known. The normal human plasma protein, serum amyloid P component, a constituent of... Read More about Dementia in the older population is associated with neocortex content of serum amyloid P component.

Current and future prevalence estimates of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and its subtypes in a population-based sample of people 70 years and older in Norway: The HUNT study (2021)
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Gjøra, L., Strand, B. H., Bergh, S., Borza, T., Brækhus, A., Engedal, K., Johannessen, A., Kvello-Alme, M., Krokstad, S., Livingston, G., Matthews, F. E., Myrstad, C., Skjellegrind, H., Thingstad, P., Aakhus, E., Aam, S., & Selbæk, G. (2021). Current and future prevalence estimates of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and its subtypes in a population-based sample of people 70 years and older in Norway: The HUNT study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 79(3), 1213-1226. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-201275

Background: Having accurate, up-to-date information on the epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia is imperative. Objective: To determine the prevalence of MCI and dementia in Norway using data from a large population-based study... Read More about Current and future prevalence estimates of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and its subtypes in a population-based sample of people 70 years and older in Norway: The HUNT study.

Heterogeneity of cellular inflammatory responses in ageing white matter and relationship to Alzheimer’s and small vessel disease pathologies (2020)
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Waller, R., Narramore, R., Simpson, J. E., Heath, P. R., Verma, N., Tinsley, M., Barnes, J. R., Haris, H. T., Henderson, F. E., Matthews, F. E., Richardson, C. D., Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., Kalaria, R. N., & Wharton, S. B. (2021). Heterogeneity of cellular inflammatory responses in ageing white matter and relationship to Alzheimer’s and small vessel disease pathologies. Brain Pathology, 31(3), Article e12928. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12928

White matter lesions (WML) are common in the ageing brain, often arising in a field effect of diffuse white matter abnormality. Although WML are associated with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), their cause and pathoge... Read More about Heterogeneity of cellular inflammatory responses in ageing white matter and relationship to Alzheimer’s and small vessel disease pathologies.

Estimating prevalence of subjective cognitive decline in and across international cohort studies of aging: a COSMIC study (2020)
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Röhr, S., Pabst, A., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Jessen, F., Turana, Y., Handajani, Y. S., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Stephan, B. C., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Wang, C., Guerchet, M., Preux, P. M., Mbelesso, P., Ritchie, K., Ancelin, M. L., Carrière, I., Guaita, A., Davin, A., …Sachdev, P. S. (2020). Estimating prevalence of subjective cognitive decline in and across international cohort studies of aging: a COSMIC study. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 12(1), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-020-00734-y

Background: Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is recognized as a risk stage for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias, but its prevalence is not well known. We aimed to use uniform criteria to better estimate SCD prevalence across internation... Read More about Estimating prevalence of subjective cognitive decline in and across international cohort studies of aging: a COSMIC study.

Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: Retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England (2020)
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Stow, D., Matthews, F. E., & Hanratty, B. (2020). Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: Retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 70(701), E874-E879. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713417

Background High-quality, personalised palliative care should be available to all, but timely recognition of end of life may be a barrier to end-of-life care for older people. Aim To investigate the timing of end-of-life recognition, palliative regist... Read More about Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: Retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England.

Changes in health and functioning of care home residents over two decades: what can we learn from population-based studies? (2020)
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Barker, R. O., Hanratty, B., Kingston, A., Ramsay, S. E., & Matthews, F. E. (2021). Changes in health and functioning of care home residents over two decades: what can we learn from population-based studies?. Age and ageing, 50(3), 921-927. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa227

Background: Care home residents have complex care and support needs. There is a perception that the needs of residents have increased, but the evidence is limited. We investigated changes in health and functioning of care home residents over two deca... Read More about Changes in health and functioning of care home residents over two decades: what can we learn from population-based studies?.

Transcriptomic analysis of age-associated periventricular lesions reveals dysregulation of the immune response (2020)
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Fadul, M. M., Heath, P. R., Cooper-Knock, J., Kurz, J. M., Al-Azzawi, H. A., Ali, Z., Smith, T., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., Wharton, S. B., & Simpson, J. E. (2020). Transcriptomic analysis of age-associated periventricular lesions reveals dysregulation of the immune response. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(21), Article 7924. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21217924

White matter lesions (WML) are a common feature of the ageing brain associated with cognitive impairment. The gene expression profiles of periventricular lesions (PVL, n = 7) and radiologically-normal-appearing (control) periventricular white matter... Read More about Transcriptomic analysis of age-associated periventricular lesions reveals dysregulation of the immune response.

Cognitive Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment With Lewy Bodies or Alzheimer Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study (2020)
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Hamilton, C. A., Matthews, F. E., Donaghy, P. C., Taylor, J. P., O'Brien, J. T., Barnett, N., Olsen, K., Lloyd, J., Petrides, G., McKeith, I. G., & Thomas, A. J. (2021). Cognitive Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment With Lewy Bodies or Alzheimer Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(3), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.07.018

Objective: We explored whether the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stages of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer disease (AD) differ in their cognitive profiles, and longitudinal progression. Design: A prospective, longitudinal design was u... Read More about Cognitive Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment With Lewy Bodies or Alzheimer Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Advanced glycation end product formation in human cerebral cortex increases with Alzheimer-type neuropathologic changes but is not independently associated with dementia in a population-derived aging brain cohort (2020)
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Chambers, A., Bury, J. J., Minett, T., Richardson, C. D., Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., Shaw, P. J., Garwood, C. J., Heath, P. R., Simpson, J. E., Matthews, F. E., & Wharton, S. B. (2020). Advanced glycation end product formation in human cerebral cortex increases with Alzheimer-type neuropathologic changes but is not independently associated with dementia in a population-derived aging brain cohort. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 79(9), 950-958. https://doi.org/10.1093/JNEN/NLAA064

Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for dementia, and nonenzymatic glycosylation of macromolecules results in formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). We determined the variation in AGE formation in brains from the Cognitive Function and A... Read More about Advanced glycation end product formation in human cerebral cortex increases with Alzheimer-type neuropathologic changes but is not independently associated with dementia in a population-derived aging brain cohort.

Cognitive health expectancies of cardiovascular risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia (2020)
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Zheng, L., Matthews, F. E., & Anstey, K. J. (2021). Cognitive health expectancies of cardiovascular risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia. Age and ageing, 50(1), 169-175. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa111

Background: Cognitive health expectancy estimates the proportion of the lifespan that is lived in good cognitive health at the population level. A number of cardiovascular diseases have been identified to be risk factors for cognitive decline and dem... Read More about Cognitive health expectancies of cardiovascular risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia.

Increasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: Cognitive function and ageing study i and II (2020)
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Grossi, C. M., Richardson, K., Savva, G. M., Fox, C., Arthur, A., Loke, Y. K., Steel, N., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Robinson, L., Myint, P. K., & Maidment, I. D. (2020). Increasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: Cognitive function and ageing study i and II. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), Article 267. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01657-x

Background: Anticholinergic medication use is linked with increased cognitive decline, dementia, falls and mortality, and their use should be limited in older people. Here we estimate the prevalence of anticholinergic use in England's older populatio... Read More about Increasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: Cognitive function and ageing study i and II.

Education and the moderating roles of age, sex, ethnicity and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 on the risk of cognitive impairment (2020)
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Makkar, S. R., Lipnicki, D. M., Crawford, J. D., Kochan, N. A., Castro-Costa, E., Lima-Costa, M. F., Diniz, B. S., Brayne, C., Stephan, B., Matthews, F., Llibre-Rodriguez, J. J., Llibre-Guerra, J. J., Valhuerdi-Cepero, A. J., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Zammit, A., Ritchie, K., Carles, S., Carriere, I., Scarmeas, N., …Sachdev, P. (2020). Education and the moderating roles of age, sex, ethnicity and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 on the risk of cognitive impairment. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 91, Article 104112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104112

Background: We examined how the relationship between education and latelife cognitive impairment (defined as a Mini Mental State Examination score below 24) is influenced by age, sex, ethnicity, and Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE*4). Methods: Parti... Read More about Education and the moderating roles of age, sex, ethnicity and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 on the risk of cognitive impairment.