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Alewijn Ott
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 72
Citations - 15075
Alewijn Ott is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Rotterdam Study. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 65 publications receiving 14331 citations. Previous affiliations of Alewijn Ott include Erasmus University Medical Center.
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Diabetes mellitus and the risk of dementia The Rotterdam Study
Alewijn Ott,Ronald P. Stolk,F. van Harskamp,H. A. P. Pols,Albert Hofman,Monique M.B. Breteler +5 more
TL;DR: The diabetes attributable risk for dementia of 8.8% suggests that diabetes may have contributed to the clinical syndrome in a substantial proportion of all dementia patients.
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Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study.
Albert Hofman,Alewijn Ott,Monique M.B. Breteler,Michiel L. Bots,Arjen J .C. Slooter,Frans van Harskamp,Cornelia van Duijn,Christine Van Broeckhoven,Diederick E. Grobbee +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that dementia and its two major subtypes Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are associated with atherosclerosis and that there is an interaction between apolipoprotein E and Atherosclerosis in the aetiology of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Dietary fat intake and the risk of incident dementia in the Rotterdam study
Sandra Kalmijn,Lenore J. Launer,Alewijn Ott,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman,Albert Hofman,Monique M.B. Breteler +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a high saturated fat and cholesterol intake increases the risk of dementia, whereas fish consumption may decrease this risk.
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Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers.
Heiman F. L. Wertheim,Margreet C. Vos,Alewijn Ott,Alex van Belkum,Andreas Voss,Jan Kluytmans,Peter H. J. van Keulen,Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls,M. H. M. Meester,Henri A. Verbrugh +9 more
TL;DR: S a Aureus nasal carriers and non-carriers differ significantly in risk and outcome of nosocomial S aureus bacteraemia.
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Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: association with education. The Rotterdam study.
Alewijn Ott,Monique M.B. Breteler,F. van Harskamp,J. J. Claus,T.J.M. van der Cammen,D. E. Grobbee,Albert Hofman +6 more
TL;DR: In this study an inverse dose-response relation was found between education and dementia—in particular, Alzheimer's disease, which was more often diagnosed in less educated people.