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. 2022 Jan 4;98(1):e15-e26.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013017. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

Predictors of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Course in a Diverse Community-Based Population

Milou J Angevaare  1 , Jet M J Vonk  1 , Laiss Bertola  1 , Laura Zahodne  1 , Caitlin Wei-Ming Watson  1 , Amelia Boehme  1 , Nicole Schupf  1 , Richard Mayeux  1 , Mirjam I Geerlings  1 , Jennifer J Manly  2
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Predictors of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Course in a Diverse Community-Based Population

Milou J Angevaare et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Background and objectives: To investigate sociodemographic and medical predictors of incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subsequent course of MCI at follow-up, including sustained MCI diagnosis, classification as cognitively normal, and progression to dementia.

Methods: Within a community-based cohort, diagnoses of MCI were made with a published algorithm. Diagnosis of dementia was based on clinical consensus. Cox regressions estimated hazard ratios of incident MCI associated with several predictors. Modified Poisson regressions estimated relative risks associated with predictors of diagnostic status at follow-up after incidence.

Results: Among 2,903 cognitively normal participants at baseline, 752 developed MCI over an average of 6.3 (SD 4.5) years (incidence rate 56 per 1,000 person-years). Presence of APOE ε4 and higher medical burden increased risk of incident MCI, while more years of education, more leisure activities, and higher income decreased this risk. Of the incident MCI cases, after an average of 2.4 years of follow-up, 12.9% progressed to dementia, 9.6% declined in functioning and did not meet the algorithmic criteria for MCI but did not meet the clinical criteria for dementia, 29.6% continued to meet MCI criteria, and 47.9% no longer met MCI criteria. Multidomain MCI, presence of APOE ε4, depressive symptoms, and antidepressant use increased the risk of progression to dementia.

Discussion: This community-based study showed that almost half of the individuals with incident MCI diagnoses were classified as cognitively normal at follow-up. Predictors of incident MCI demonstrably differed from those of subsequent MCI course; these findings can refine expectations for cognitive and functional course of those presenting with MCI.

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Figure 1. Flow Diagram of Participant Selection
MCI = mild cognitive impairment.
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Figure 2. Flow Diagram of Course of MCI in Those With Follow-up After Incident MCI
MCI = mild cognitive impairment.
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