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Prevalence of stroke and related burden among older people living in Latin America, India and China.

Ferri, Cleusa P.; Schoenborn, Claudia; Kalra, Lalit; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D.; Liu, Zhaorui; Moriyama, Tais; Valhuerdi, Adolfo; Prince, Martin J. (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2011)

Despite the growing importance of stroke in developing countries, little is known of stroke burden in survivors. The authors investigated the prevalence of selfreported stroke, stroke-related disability, dependence and ...

The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis: a population validation study

Prince, Martin J.; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Acosta, Daisy; Albanese, Emiliano; Arizaga, Raúl; Dewey, Michael; Gavrilova, Svetlana I.; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, KS; Krishnamoorthy, ES; McKeigue, Paul; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Sousa, Renata MM; Stewart, Robert; Uwakwe, Richard (BMC Public Health, 2007-07-20)

Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing with an increasing number of people with dementia. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's title refers to the 66% of people with dementia ...

Leg length, skull circumference, and the incidence of dementia in Latin America and China: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jiménez- Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Dewey, Michael E.; Guerchet, Maelenn M.; Liu, Zhaorui; Llibre Guerra, Jorge J.; Prina, A. Matthew (PLOS ONE, 2018-04-18)

Adult leg length is influenced by nutrition in the first few years of life. Adult head circumference is an indicator of brain growth. Cross-sectional studies indicate inverse associations with dementia risk, but there ...

Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson disease in urban and rural populations from Latin America: A community based study

Llibre-Guerra, Jorge J; Prina, Matthew; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Daisy; Jimenez-Velazquez, Ivonne Z.; Guerra, Mariella; Salas, Aquiles; Llibre-Guerra, Juan C; Valvuerdi, Adolfo; Peeters, Geeske; Ziegemeier, Ellen; Acosta, Isaac; Tanner, Caroline; Juncos, Jorge; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J. (The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;7: 100136, 2021-12-10)

Age and gender specific prevalence rates for parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are important to guide research, clinical practice, and public health planning; however, prevalence estimates in Latin America (LatAm) ...