GERIATRIC ISSUES

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Estrogen deficiency and Alzheimer's Disease

There are 2 drugs which safely and significantly (over 60%) reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, estrogen and aspirin. There is a similar effect for testosterone--article thereon will soon be posted.  

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/3/256

Retrospect study finds a 69% reduction in Alzheimer’s Disease among women on estrogen

Estrogen Deficiency and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Women

Annlia Paganini-Hill1, and Victor W. Henderson2

1Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA
2Department of Neurology, University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA

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The authors explored the possibility that estrogen loss associated with menopause may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease by using a case-control study nested within a prospective cohort study. The Leisure World Cohort includes 8,877 female residents of Leisure World Laguna Hills, a retirement community in southern California, who were first mailed a health survey in 1981. From the 2,529 female cohort members who died between 1981 and 1992, the authors identified 138 with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia diagnoses likely to represent Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia, dementia, or senility) mentioned on the death certificate Four controls were individually matched by birth date (±1 year) and death date (+1 year) to each case. The risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia was less in estrogen users relative to nonusers (odds ratio = 0 69, 95 percent confidence interval 0.46=1.03). The risk decreased significantly with increasing estrogen dose and with increasing duration of estrogen use. Risk was also associated with variables related to endogenous estrogen levels, it increased with increasing age at menarche and (although not statistically significant) decreased with increasing weight. This study suggests that the increased incidence of Alzheimer's disease in older women may be due to estrogen deficiency and that estrogen replacement therapy may be useful for preventing or delaying the onset of this dementia. Am J Epidemiol 1994; 140:256–61.

Goodman & Gilman (2007) Pharmacology textbook

Estrogen.  There is an unambiguous relationship between estrogen deficiency and osteoporosis. Likewise, overwhelming evidence supports the positive impact of estrogen replacement on the conservation of bone and protection against osteoporotic fractures after menopause. 

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