Incidence and mortality of alcohol-related dementia and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: A nationwide register study.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
alcohol-related dementia
incidence
mortality
Journal
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
ISSN: 1099-1166
Titre abrégé: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8710629
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
24
03
2022
accepted:
20
06
2022
pubmed:
6
7
2022
medline:
7
7
2022
entrez:
5
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Epidemiological data on alcohol-related cognitive disorders are scarce. Up-to-date population-based incidence and mortality rates for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) and alcohol-related dementia (ARD) are necessary to understand the burden of these diseases. We collected diagnostic data from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and mortality data from Statistics Finland for all persons aged ≥40 years who had received a diagnosis of WKS (n = 1149) or ARD (n = 2432) between 1998 and 2015 in Finland. We calculated the incidences and mortality in relation to the age-, sex- and calendar year-matched general population. Causes of death were ascertained from death certificates. For WKS, the incidence per 100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval (CI)) was 3.7 (3.4-3.9) in men and 1.2 (1.1-1.3) in women. For ARD, the incidence was 8.2 (7.9-8.6) in men and 2.1 (1.9-2.3) in women. The incidence of WKS peaked in people aged 50-59 years and the incidence of ARD in people aged 70-79 years. The standardized mortality ratio (95% CI) was 5.67 (5.25-6.13) in WKS patients and 5.41 (5.14-5.70) in ARD patients. Most of the excess mortality resulted from alcohol-related causes. To our knowledge, this is the first study describing population-based incidence and mortality rates, sex-segregated data and causes of death in patients with WKS or ARD. Our results establish a point of reference for the incidence of WKS and ARD and show the high mortality and poor prognosis of these disorders.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Epidemiological data on alcohol-related cognitive disorders are scarce. Up-to-date population-based incidence and mortality rates for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) and alcohol-related dementia (ARD) are necessary to understand the burden of these diseases.
METHODS
We collected diagnostic data from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and mortality data from Statistics Finland for all persons aged ≥40 years who had received a diagnosis of WKS (n = 1149) or ARD (n = 2432) between 1998 and 2015 in Finland. We calculated the incidences and mortality in relation to the age-, sex- and calendar year-matched general population. Causes of death were ascertained from death certificates.
RESULTS
For WKS, the incidence per 100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval (CI)) was 3.7 (3.4-3.9) in men and 1.2 (1.1-1.3) in women. For ARD, the incidence was 8.2 (7.9-8.6) in men and 2.1 (1.9-2.3) in women. The incidence of WKS peaked in people aged 50-59 years and the incidence of ARD in people aged 70-79 years. The standardized mortality ratio (95% CI) was 5.67 (5.25-6.13) in WKS patients and 5.41 (5.14-5.70) in ARD patients. Most of the excess mortality resulted from alcohol-related causes.
CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, this is the first study describing population-based incidence and mortality rates, sex-segregated data and causes of death in patients with WKS or ARD. Our results establish a point of reference for the incidence of WKS and ARD and show the high mortality and poor prognosis of these disorders.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35789035
doi: 10.1002/gps.5775
pmc: PMC9546078
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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