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Incident dementia (AD [F00], vascular dementia [F01], and other subtypes) was defined by \u22653 diagnostic claims within one year, and severe cases by national special-registration codes. Hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using Cox models adjusted for the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and clinical covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dementia incidence was 382.4\/100,000 person-years in BZD users versus 280.7 in controls. BZD users had higher multimorbidity (CCI \u22657: 42.5% versus 26.5%) and psychiatric comorbidity (e.g., anxiety disorders: 42.6% versus 2.7%). After full adjustment, the HR for overall dementia attenuated from 1.43 to 1.15 (95% CI, 1.09\u20131.22), with similar attenuation for AD and severe dementia. The risk of progression from dementia to severe dementia was not increased among BZD users (adjusted HR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.84\u20131.14), with no dose- or duration-response observed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BZD use showed only a modest association with incident dementia, largely attributable to the higher multimorbidity burden among users, and was not associated with accelerated progression to severe dementia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877261492672","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T14:52:37Z","timestamp":1791557557000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Benzodiazepine use, incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and progression to severe dementia: A nationwide Korean cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4022-1786","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hyunkee","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hanyang University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7969-1419","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiyeong","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pre-Medicine, College of Medicine, and Biostatistics Laboratory, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9637-4423","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hojin","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hanyang University Guri Hospital"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7050-3426","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young Seo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hanyang University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2468-2667(21)00249-8"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","volume-title":"Korean Dementia Observatory 2024","author":"Central Dementia Center","year":"2025","unstructured":"Central Dementia Center. 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