Sociodemographic and clinical heterogeneity among longitudinal studies in dementia with Lewy bodies
Joseph PM Kane, Federico Rodriguez‐Porcel, Ece Bayram, Carla Abdelnour, Philippe Desmarais, Isabella Delgado Echeverri, Manabu Ikeda, Maria Camila Gonzalez, Hideki Kanemoto, Kathleen L. Poston, Kathryn A Wyman‐Chick, Mario Ricciardi, Usman Saeed, Bedia Samancı, Yuto Satake, Yueyi Yu, Jin‐Tai Yu, Jam · 2025
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Joseph Kane and co-authors compare patient groups across dementia with Lewy bodies studies in a 2025 paper. Lewy body dementia blends thinking decline with Parkinson-like signs. A single global cohort is a field goal, but studies worldwide may enroll unlike patients, which would block clean merging.
Ten projects in seven countries plus one consortium shared summary data on 4,157 patients. The share of men and years of schooling differed clearly across projects. Mean age, symptom duration at entry, and standard thinking and rating scores did not differ. Motor scores also matched. The pattern suggests merging is feasible for many traits, with care for sex mix and education. The authors frame the check as groundwork for a joint cohort.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joseph PM Kane, Federico Rodriguez‐Porcel, Ece Bayram, Carla Abdelnour, Philippe Desmarais, Isabella Delgado Echeverri, Manabu Ikeda, Maria Camila Gonzalez, Hideki Kanemoto, Kathleen L. Poston, Kathryn A Wyman‐Chick, Mario Ricciardi, Usman Saeed, Bedia Samancı, Yuto Satake, Yueyi Yu, Jin‐Tai Yu, Jam |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |