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Digital Handwriting Analysis of Characters in Chinese Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Published on: March 11, 2021
Better prognostic accuracy in younger mild cognitive impairment patients with more years of education
Mattias Göthlin1, Marie Eckerström1, Sindre Rolstad1
1Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
Introduction:
Age and years of education influence the risk of dementia and may impact the prognostic accuracy of mild cognitive impairment subtypes.
Methods:
Memory clinic patients without dementia (N = 358, age 64.0 ± 7.9) were stratified into four groups based on years of age (≤64 and ≥65) and education (≤12 and ≥13), examined with a neuropsychological test battery at baseline and followed up after 2 years.
Results:
The prognostic accuracy of amnestic multi-domain mild cognitive impairment for dementia was highest in younger patients with more years of education and lowest in older patients with fewer years of education. Conversely, conversion rates to dementia were lowest in younger patients with more years of education and highest in older patients with fewer years of education.
Discussion:
Mild cognitive impairment subtypes and demographic information should be combined to increase the accuracy of prognoses for dementia.
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