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    • Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Frailty 

      Ntanasi E., Yannakoulia M., Kosmidis M.-H., Anastasiou C.A., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Scarmeas N. (2018)
      Objective: Το investigate associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and frailty in a Greek population of older adults. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were drawn from the Hellenic longitudinal ...

    • Antihypertensive Medication Class and the Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the Prospective HELIAD Cohort 

      Liampas I., Hatzimanolis A., Siokas V., Yannakoulia M., Kosmidis M.H., Sakka P., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Scarmeas N., Dardiotis E. (2022)
      Background: It is unclear whether the main antihypertensive medication classes (diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)) are ...

    • The Association of Sedentary Behaviour and Cognitive Function in People Without Dementia: A Coordinated Analysis Across Five Cohort Studies from COSMIC 

      Maasakkers C.M., Claassen J.A.H.R., Gardiner P.A., Olde Rikkert M.G.M., Lipnicki D.M., Scarmeas N., Dardiotis E., Yannakoulia M., Anstey K.J., Cherbuin N., Haan M.N., Kumagai S., Narazaki K., Chen T., Ng T.P., Gao Q., Nyunt M.S.Z., Crawford J.D., Kochan N.A., Makkar S.R., Sachdev P.S., Thijssen D.H.J., Melis R.J.F., COSMIC Collaborators (2020)
      Background: Besides physical activity as a target for dementia prevention, sedentary behaviour is hypothesized to be a potential target in its own right. The rising number of persons with dementia and lack of any effective ...

    • Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration 

      Rivard L., Friberg L., Conen D., Healey J.S., Berge T., Boriani G., Brandes A., Calkins H., Camm A.J., Yee Chen L., Lluis Clua Espuny J., Collins R., Connolly S., Dagres N., Elkind M.S.V., Engdahl J., Field T.S., Gersh B.J., Glotzer T.V., Hankey G.J., Harbison J.A., Georg Haeusler K., Hills M.T., Johnson L.S.B., Joung B., Khairy P., Kirchhof P., Krieger D., Lip G.Y.H., Løchen M.-L., Madhavan M., Mairesse G.H., Montaner J., Ntaios G., Quinn T.J., Rienstra M., Rosenqvist M., Sandhu R.K., Smyth B., Schnabel R.B., Stavrakis S., Themistoclakis S., Van Gelder I.C., Wang J.-G., Freedman B. (2022)
      Growing evidence suggests a consistent association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive impairment and dementia that is independent of clinical stroke. This report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration ...

    • Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated with Cognitive Impairment, All-Cause Dementia, Vascular Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Papanastasiou C.A., Theochari C.A., Zareifopoulos N., Arfaras-Melainis A., Giannakoulas G., Karamitsos T.D., Palaiodimos L., Ntaios G., Avgerinos K.I., Kapogiannis D., Kokkinidis D.G. (2021)
      Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia in patients with stroke history. However, the association between AF and cognitive impairment in broader populations is less clear. ...

    • Construction of joint confidence regions for the optimal true class fractions of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) surfaces and manifolds 

      Bantis L.E., Nakas C.T., Reiser B., Myall D., Dalrymple-Alford J.C. (2017)
      The three-class approach is used for progressive disorders when clinicians and researchers want to diagnose or classify subjects as members of one of three ordered categories based on a continuous diagnostic marker. The ...

    • Dementia Prevalence in Greece 

      Kosmidis M.H., Vlachos G.S., Anastasiou C.A., Yannakoulia M., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Ntanasi E., Scarmeas N. (2018)
      Introduction: Study of the epidemiology of dementia to gain insight into putative predisposing and prophylactic factors is the first step toward establishing effective preventive and therapeutic strategies for this ...

    • Diet Inflammatory Index and Dementia Incidence A Population-Based Study 

      Charisis S., Ntanasi E., Yannakoulia M., Anastasiou C.A., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Gargalionis A.N., Patas K., Chatzipanagiotou S., Mourtzinos I., Tzima K., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Kapogiannis D., Scarmeas N. (2021)
      Background and Objectives Aging is characterized by a functional shift of the immune system toward a proinflammatory phenotype. This derangement has been associated with cognitive decline and has been implicated in the ...

    • Does parity matter in women's risk of dementia? A COSMIC collaboration cohort study 

      Bae J.B., Lipnicki D.M., Han J.W., Sachdev P.S., Kim T.H., Kwak K.P., Kim B.J., Kim S.G., Kim J.L., Moon S.W., Park J.H., Ryu S.-H., Youn J.C., Lee D.Y., Lee D.W., Lee S.B., Lee J.J., Jhoo J.H., Llibre-Rodriguez J.J., Llibre-Guerra J.J., Valhuerdi-Cepero A.J., Ritchie K., Ancelin M.-L., Carriere I., Skoog I., Najar J., Sterner T.R., Scarmeas N., Yannakoulia M., Dardiotis E., Meguro K., Kasai M., Nakamura K., Riedel-Heller S., Roehr S., Pabst A., Van Boxtel M., Köhler S., Ding D., Zhao Q., Liang X., Scazufca M., Lobo A., De-La-Cámara C., Lobo E., Kim K.W., Makkar S.R., Crawford J.D., Thalamuthu A., Kochan N.A., Leung Y., Lo J.W., Turana Y., Castro-Costa E., Larijani B., Nabipour I., Rockwood K., Shifu X., Lipton R.B., Katz M.J., Preux P.-M., Guerchet M., Lam L., Ninimiya T., Walker R., Hendrie H., Guaita A., Chen L.-K., Shahar S., Dominguez J., Krishna M., Ganguli M., Anstey K.J., Crowe M., Haan M.N., Kumagai S., Ng T.P., Brodaty H., Mayeux R., Schupf N., Petersen R., Lipton R., Lowe E.S., Jorm L. (2020)
      Background: Dementia shows sex difference in its epidemiology. Childbirth, a distinctive experience of women, is associated with the risk for various diseases. However, its association with the risk of dementia in women ...

    • End-Stage Dementia Spark of Life: Reliability and Validity of the "GATOS" Questionnaire 

      Tsoucalas, G.; Bourelia, S.; Kalogirou, V.; Giatsiou, S.; Mavrogiannaki, E.; Gatos, G.; Galanos, A.; Repana, O.; Iliadou, E.; Antoniou, A.; Sgantzos, M.; Gatos, K. (2015)
      Background: Fl oor effects are present in most dementia assessment tools as dementia progresses and the in-depth assessment of patients considered more or less on vegetative state is questionable. Objective: To develop a ...

    • End-stage dementia spark of life: Reliability and validity of the “GATOS” questionnaire 

      Tsoucalas G., Bourelia S., Kalogirou V., Giatsiou S., Mavrogiannaki E., Gatos G., Galanos A., Repana O., Iliadou E., Antoniou A., Sgantzos M., Gatos K. (2015)
      Background: Floor effects are present in most dementia assessment tools as dementia progresses and the in–depth assessment of patients considered more or less on vegetative state is questionable. Objective: To develop a ...

    • Escherichia coli, a “symbiosis masquerade” 

      Tsoucalas G., Sgantzos M. (2017)
      [No abstract available]

    • The factors associated with the presence of psychotic symptoms in the HELIAD Greek community study of older adults 

      Vasiliadis H.-M., Gournellis R., Efstathiou V., Stefanis N., Kosmidis M.H., Yannakoulia M., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Ntanasi E., Pachi I., Stefanis L., Scarmeas N. (2022)
      Background: The prevalence and associated factors related to psychotic symptoms in older adults are understudied. The objectives were to assess the prevalence, incidence and factors associated with psychotic symptoms in a ...

    • Hearing and vision health for people with dementia in residential long term care: Knowledge, attitudes and practice in England, South Korea, India, Greece, Indonesia and Australia 

      Dawes P., Leroi I., Chauhan N., Han W., Harbishettar V., Jayakody D.M.P., Jones L., Konstantinou A., Maharani A., Martini A., Politis A., Prabhakar S., Prew S., Prouskas C., Russell G., Sturrock A., Sunarti S., Taylor J., Vorvolakos T., Worthington M. (2021)
      Objectives: Up to 90% of people with dementia in long term care (LTC) have hearing and/or vision impairment. Hearing/vision difficulties are frequently under-recognised or incompletely managed. The impacts of hearing/vision ...

    • Home assistive system for dementia 

      Boumpa E., Charalampou I., Gkogkidis A., Kakarountas A. (2017)
      This work proposes an innovative home assisted system, based on the interaction of the stimulus earpiece. It addresses a need of people suffering from dementia as well as their familiars to be recognized by them and have ...

    • Identifying Appropriate Neuropsychological Tests for Uneducated/Illiterate Older Individuals 

      Mandyla M.-A., Yannakoulia M., Hadjigeorgiou G., Dardiotis E., Scarmeas N., Kosmidis M.H. (2021)
      Objectives: We investigated the utility of traditional neuropsychological tests in older uneducated/illiterate individuals without dementia to determine the possibility that they are likely not appropriate for this group. ...

    • The Longitudinal Association of Lifestyle with Cognitive Health and Dementia Risk: Findings from the HELIAD Study 

      Mamalaki E., Charisis S., Anastasiou C.A., Ntanasi E., Georgiadi K., Balomenos V., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Scarmeas N., Yannakoulia M. (2022)
      The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a Total Lifestyle Index (TLI), including adherence to the Mediterranean diet, sleep duration, physical activity and engagement in activities of daily living, is ...

    • Mediterranean diet and cognitive health: Initial results from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Ageing and Diet 

      Anastasiou C.A., Yannakoulia M., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Sakka P., Arampatzi X., Bougea A., Labropoulos I., Scarmeas N. (2017)
      Background: The Mediterranean dietary pattern has been associated with a decreased risk of many degenerative diseases and cognitive function in particular; however, relevant information from Mediterranean regions, where ...

    • Mediterranean diet and risk for dementia and cognitive decline in a Mediterranean population 

      Charisis S., Ntanasi E., Yannakoulia M., Anastasiou C.A., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Scarmeas N. (2021)
      Background: Current evidence suggests that nutrition in general and specific dietary patterns in particular, such as the Mediterranean type diet (MeDi), can be employed as potential preventive strategies against the ...

    • Motor and Nonmotor Features of Carriers of the p.A53T Alpha-Synuclein Mutation: A Longitudinal Study 

      Papadimitriou D., Antonelou R., Miligkos M., Maniati M., Papagiannakis N., Bostantjopoulou S., Leonardos A., Koros C., Simitsi A., Papageorgiou S.G., Kapaki E., Alcalay R.N., Papadimitriou A., Athanassiadou A., Stamelou M., Stefanis L. (2016)
      Background: G209A SNCA mutation carriers represent an important group of genetic PD. We describe motor and nonmotor features of G209A SNCA mutation carriers. Methods: Longitudinal clinical assessments over 2 years were ...