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Epidemiology of White-Matter Lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, US
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Abstract

White-matter lesions (WML) detected on MRI may reflect different pathologies, but, in older persons, are thought to be mainly of ischemic origin. WML increase in prevalence with age. Several cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive, emotional, and physical function consequences of WML have been identified. These are reviewed briefly in this report.

Keywords

Epidemiologywhite-matter lesionsrisk factors
Type
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 15 , Issue S1 , July 2003 , pp. 99 - 103
Copyright
© 2003 International Psychogeriatric Association

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