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. 2008 Jun 24;8:219. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-219

Table 4.

Operationalised criteria for alternative cause (D), when applied to the Cuban population based study data set, by clinical dementia status

Prevalence (%) in those with clinically diagnosed dementia Prevalence (%) (high education controls) Prevalence (%) (low education controls)
D criterion requires that the disturbance is not better accounted for by another axis I disorder (for example, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia)

D-1 No AGECAT stage 2 diagnosis of 'schizophrenia' or Clinical 99 100 100
D_2 No AGECAT stage 2 diagnosis of 'depression' and Clinical 93 74 67
D_3 Dementia diagnosis confirmed by 10/66 algorithm Clinical 97 2 4