[A case-control study of clinically diagnosed Alzheimer type dementia]

A case-control study was conducted on 31 patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer type dementia, and 32 hospital and 373 community controls. Information was obtained from the next-of-kin for all subjects concerning life histories, health practice, eating habits, life events, family histories and past medical events. After adjusting for the effects of other factors, "intake of sweets" was significantly associated with dementia of the Alzheimer type. Those who had restricted intake of sweets were less common in the case group than in two control groups. Other factors examined in this study did not reach statistical significance.