On 9 October, scientists from the USA published an article on the estimated transition probabilities in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in the journal of Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. The team used data from longitudinal, cognitive evaluations to single out health states for DLB, they then estimated the probabilities of transition throughout DLB disease stages.
In their paper, the researchers reported that the estimated transition probabilities indicate that people with mild DLB over the age of 60 had a 54% probability of remaining mild, 30% probability of progressing to severe DLB, 4% probability of being institutionalised, and 12% probability of dying after 1 year.
