Association of Dementia and Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2016 Aug;31(5):389-94. doi: 10.1177/1533317515617546. Epub 2016 Jan 22.

Abstract

Objective: We determine the association between dementia and the subsequent peptic ulcer disease (PUD).

Methods: We identified patients with diagnosed dementia in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A comparison cohort without dementia was frequency-matched by age, sex, and comorbidities, and the occurrence of PUD was evaluated in both cohorts.

Results: The dementia and control cohort consisted of 6014 patients with dementia and 17 830 frequency-matched patients without dementia, respectively. The incidence of PUD (hazard ratio, 1.27; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.37; P < .001) was higher among patients with dementia. Cox models showed that being female, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were independent risk factors for PUD in patients with dementia.

Conclusion: Dementia might increase the risk of developing PUD.

Keywords: Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database; dementia; peptic ulcer disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Databases, Factual
  • Dementia / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Peptic Ulcer / epidemiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Taiwan / epidemiology