The association between statin use and dementia in Alzheimer's Disease

 
   Lead Investigator:    Meena Wanas
   Institution      :    Campbell University
   E-Mail           :    phtm5@hotmail.com
   Proposal ID      :    111



   Proposal Description:
   We are trying to determine if there is an association between statins and  dementia in Alzheimer's disease population. Then our secondary analysis is  trying to determine if there is a correlation between race, gender and statin  use in Alzheimer's disease population. From previous studies it was determined  that statins was shown to have potential protection in reducing dementia, but  there was no true evidence. NACC was the first database created to collect  Alzheimer's data from different centers and have unified data collection  methods. Therefore we are conducting a retrospective, cross-sectional study, on  this database to determine the above stated associations. Some of the  statistics that will be performed to determine these correlations or  associations are: linear regression, and t-test.