Relationships between alcohol use and dementia: protocol for an observational study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink - PubMed
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- Study aims to explore the relationship between alcohol use and dementia subtypes.
- Uses UK electronic health records from Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
- Examines alcohol's impact on dementia incidence and post-diagnosis outcomes.
- Primary outcomes include all-cause and subtype-specific dementia incidence.
- Secondary outcomes cover mortality, care-home entry, and neuropsychiatric symptoms.
- Statistical models include Cox proportional hazards and Fine-Gray competing risk models.
- Ethical approvals are in place for the use of de-identified routine data.
- Findings will be disseminated via open-access journals and public summaries.