Anxiety Is Not Associated with the Risk of Dementia or Cognitive Decline: The Rotterdam Study

Anxiety and depression frequently co-occur in the elderly and in patients with dementia. Prior research has shown that depression is related to the risk of dementia, but the effect of anxiety on dementia remains unclear. We studied whether anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders are associated with the risk of dementia and cognition.We studied 2,708 nondemented participants from the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study who underwent the...