Metadata

Name Dementia (dementia)
Category Psychiatric
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID 43a6b12f-72ea-46f3-a025-3c82247cc707
Definition A cognitive disorder resulting from a loss of brain function affecting memory, thinking, language, judgement and behavior.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_1307
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0004718
MeSH D003704
SNOMED-CT 52448006
FinnGen F5_DEMENTIA

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 7046
Female (%) 3366 (48%)
Male (%) 3680 (52%)

Year first recorded

dementia year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced dementia cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of dementia

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 50.81 (46.02,55.59)
Male 61.32 (55.59,67.04)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 1.85 (1.5,2.21)
Male 2.6 (2.14,3.06)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 0.0 (0.0,0.0)
Ages 45-49 0.15 (-0.06,0.35)
Ages 50-54 0.57 (0.2,0.94)
Ages 55-59 1.1 (0.63,1.56)
Ages 60-64 2.24 (1.66,2.82)
Ages 65-69 7.02 (5.85,8.2)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB dementia prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 7 (5,11) 25 (21,29) 99 (93,106)
CALIBER 6 (5,7) 27 (25,28) 130 (126,134)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 4(1,11) 18(11,27) 79(67,92)
Low 2(0,9) 14(8,22) 78(66,91)
Medium 4(1,12) 22(15,32) 97(84,113)
High 7(2,15) 22(15,32) 105(90,121)
Most deprived 16(9,25) 47(36,60) 148(130,169)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 8(5,12) 26(22,31) 94(87,101)
Scotland 2(0,13) 21(13,34) 131(110,154)
Wales 6(1,22) 17(8,32) 111(88,139)

Risk factors analysis

‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.

Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method

N=152960, Events=163

Factor Level Hazard Ratio P value
BMI overweight 1.3 (0.88, 1.92) 0.185
BMI obese 1.75 (1.16, 2.63) 0.00738
BMI underweight 0 (0, Inf) 0.991
smoking previous 1.02 (0.7, 1.49) 0.904
smoking current 3.45 (2.37, 5.02) 8.66e-11
hypertension yes 1.36 (0.94, 1.95) 0.101

Risk factors analysis forest plot

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1263 dementia/alzheimers/cognitive impairment
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 F00 Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 F01 Vascular dementia
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 F03 Unspecified dementia
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 F05.1 Delirium superimposed on dementia
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 G30 Alzheimer’s disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 F00 Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 F01 Vascular dementia
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 F03 Unspecified dementia
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 F05.1 Delirium superimposed on dementia
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 G30 Alzheimer’s disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 F00 Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 F01 Vascular dementia
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 F03 Unspecified dementia
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 F05.1 Delirium superimposed on dementia
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 G30 Alzheimer’s disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 F00 Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 F01 Vascular dementia
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 F03 Unspecified dementia
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 F05.1 Delirium superimposed on dementia
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 G30 Alzheimer’s disease
42040 GP clinical event records 1461.00 H/O: dementia
42040 GP clinical event records 66h..00 Dementia monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records 6AB..00 Dementia annual review
42040 GP clinical event records 8CMZ.00 Dementia care plan
42040 GP clinical event records 9hD0.00 Excepted from dementia quality indicators: Patient unsuitabl
42040 GP clinical event records 9hD1.00 Excepted from dementia quality indicators: Informed dissent
42040 GP clinical event records 9hD..00 Exception reporting: dementia quality indicators
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou1.00 Dementia monitoring first letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou2.00 Dementia monitoring second letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou3.00 Dementia monitoring third letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou4.00 Dementia monitoring verbal invite
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou5.00 Dementia monitoring telephone invite
42040 GP clinical event records 9Ou..00 Dementia monitoring administration
42040 GP clinical event records E000.00 Uncomplicated senile dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E001000 Uncomplicated presenile dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E001100 Presenile dementia with delirium
42040 GP clinical event records E001200 Presenile dementia with paranoia
42040 GP clinical event records E001300 Presenile dementia with depression
42040 GP clinical event records E001.00 Presenile dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E001z00 Presenile dementia NOS
42040 GP clinical event records E002000 Senile dementia with paranoia
42040 GP clinical event records E002100 Senile dementia with depression
42040 GP clinical event records E002.00 Senile dementia with depressive or paranoid features
42040 GP clinical event records E002z00 Senile dementia with depressive or paranoid features NOS
42040 GP clinical event records E003.00 Senile dementia with delirium
42040 GP clinical event records E004000 Uncomplicated arteriosclerotic dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E004100 Arteriosclerotic dementia with delirium
42040 GP clinical event records E004200 Arteriosclerotic dementia with paranoia
42040 GP clinical event records E004300 Arteriosclerotic dementia with depression
42040 GP clinical event records E004.00 Arteriosclerotic dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E004.11 Multi infarct dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E004z00 Arteriosclerotic dementia NOS
42040 GP clinical event records E00..00 Senile and presenile organic psychotic conditions
42040 GP clinical event records E00..11 Senile dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E00..12 Senile/presenile dementia
42040 GP clinical event records E00y.00 Other senile and presenile organic psychoses
42040 GP clinical event records E00y.11 Presbyophrenic psychosis
42040 GP clinical event records E00z.00 Senile or presenile psychoses NOS
42040 GP clinical event records E041.00 Dementia in conditions EC
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00000 [X]Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease with early onset
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00011 [X]Presenile dementia,Alzheimer’s type
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00012 [X]Primary degen dementia, Alzheimer’s type, presenile onset
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00013 [X]Alzheimer’s disease type 2
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00100 [X]Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease with late onset
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00111 [X]Alzheimer’s disease type 1
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00112 [X]Senile dementia,Alzheimer’s type
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00113 [X]Primary degen dementia of Alzheimer’s type, senile onset
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00200 [X]Dementia in Alzheimer’s dis, atypical or mixed type
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00.00 [X]Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00z00 [X]Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease, unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records Eu00z11 [X]Alzheimer’s dementia unspec
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01000 [X]Vascular dementia of acute onset
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01100 [X]Multi-infarct dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01111 [X]Predominantly cortical dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01200 [X]Subcortical vascular dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01300 [X]Mixed cortical and subcortical vascular dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01.00 [X]Vascular dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01.11 [X]Arteriosclerotic dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01y00 [X]Other vascular dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu01z00 [X]Vascular dementia, unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z00 [X] Unspecified dementia
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z11 [X] Presenile dementia NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z12 [X] Presenile psychosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z13 [X] Primary degenerative dementia NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z14 [X] Senile dementia NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z15 [X] Senile psychosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Eu02z16 [X] Senile dementia, depressed or paranoid type
42040 GP clinical event records Eu04100 [X]Delirium superimposed on dementia
42040 GP clinical event records F110000 Alzheimer’s disease with early onset
42040 GP clinical event records F110100 Alzheimer’s disease with late onset
42040 GP clinical event records F110.00 Alzheimer’s disease
42040 GP clinical event records Fyu3000 [X]Other Alzheimer’s disease
42040 GP clinical event records ZS7C500 Language disorder of dementia
42040 GP clinical event records XaMG0 Dementia monitoring first letter
42040 GP clinical event records XaIKB Alzheimer’s disease with early onset
42040 GP clinical event records XaLFp Excepted from dementia quality indicators: Informed dissent
42040 GP clinical event records XaIKC Alzheimer’s disease with late onset
42040 GP clinical event records XE1Xt Other senile and presenile organic psychoses
42040 GP clinical event records XaMGF Dementia annual review
42040 GP clinical event records XaMGJ Dementia monitoring verbal invite
42040 GP clinical event records XE1Xr Senile and presenile organic psychotic conditions
42040 GP clinical event records XaMFy Dementia monitoring administration
42040 GP clinical event records XaMGG Dementia monitoring second letter
42040 GP clinical event records XaaBZ Dementia care plan
42040 GP clinical event records XaMJC Dementia monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records XaLFf Exception reporting: dementia quality indicators
42040 GP clinical event records XaMGK Dementia monitoring telephone invite
42040 GP clinical event records XaLFo Excepted from dementia quality indicators: Patient unsuitable
42040 GP clinical event records XaMGI Dementia monitoring third letter