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NEUROLOGY 1985;35:1781
© 1985 American Academy of Neurology

Education provides no protection against Alzheimer's disease

Christopher M. Filley, MD, Hiram H. Brownell, PhD and Martin L. Albert, MD

From the Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, MA.

It has been suggested that educational achievement confers protection against dementia. We examined educational level and age of onset in 28 patients with Alzheimer's disease, and assessed the progression of dementia over a mean period of 28 months using both a measure of neurobehavioral status and an index of functional impairment. No protective effect of education was found in either early- or late-onset dementia.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Albert, the Department of Neurology, Boston VAMC, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130.

This research was partially supported by NIH grants No. 06209 and NS11408, by the Medical Researcn Service of the Veterans Administration, and by the Seidel Fund for the Study of Dementia.

Accepted for publication April 1, 1985.




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