Fibromyalgia and Risk of Dementia-A Nationwide, Population-Based, Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: The study subjects with fibromyalgia had a 2.77-fold risk of dementia in comparison to the control group. Therefore, further studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of the association between fibromyalgia and the risk of dementia.
PMID: 29406043 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - February 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tzeng NS, Chung CH, Liu FC, Chiu YH, Chang HA, Yeh CB, Huang SY, Lu RB, Yeh HW, Kao YC, Chiang WS, Tsao CH, Wu YF, Chou YC, Lin FH, Chien WC Tags: Am J Med Sci Source Type: research