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Conflicts of Interest and Source of FundingVesa Tapiainen, Sirpa Hartikainen, Heidi Taipale and Anna-Maija Tolppanen report no competing interests. Jari Tiihonen reports serving as a consultant to AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Janssen-Cilag, Lundbeck, and Organon. He has received fees for giving expert opinions to AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, Lundbeck, Otsuka and Pfizer, and lecture fees from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, Lundbeck, Novartis, Otsuka, and Pfizer; and grant from Stanley Foundation and Sigrid Jusélius Foundation. He is a member of advisory board in AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen-Cilag, and Otsuka.This work was supported by European Regional Development Fund (Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo) [32198 to Vesa Tapiainen, Heidi Taipale and Anna-Maija Tolppanen]. The funder had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Conclusions:The associations between mental and behavioral disorders and AD were modest and dependent on the time window. Therefore, some of the disorders may represent misdiagnosed prodromal symptoms of AD which underlines the importance of proper differential diagnostics among older persons. These findings also highlight the importance of appropriate time window in psychiatric and neuroepidemiology research.