Risk of long-term post-stroke dementia using a linked dataset of patients with ischemic stroke without a history of dementia

PSD is common with a 5- and 10-year incidence in patients with ischemic stroke without a history of dementia of 16.1% and 23.5%, respectively. Factors associated with PSD include age, female sex, lower educational level, diabetes mellitus, initial stroke severity, antipsychotics, and anticoagulants. Further studies are required to determine whether reducing those risk factors which are treatable reduces the incidence of PSD.