Short-Term Practice Effects on Cognitive Tests Across the Late Life Cognitive Spectrum and How They Compare to Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease.
J Alzheimers Dis
; 99(1): 321-332, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Practice effects on cognitive testing in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain understudied, especially with how they compare to biomarkers of AD.Objective:
The current study sought to add to this growing literature.Methods:
Cognitively intact older adults (nâ=â68), those with amnestic MCI (nâ=â52), and those with mild AD (nâ=â45) completed a brief battery of cognitive tests at baseline and again after one week, and they also completed a baseline amyloid PET scan, a baseline MRI, and a baseline blood draw to obtain APOE É4 status.Results:
The intact participants showed significantly larger baseline cognitive scores and practice effects than the other two groups on overall composite measures. Those with MCI showed significantly larger baseline scores and practice effects than AD participants on the composite. For amyloid deposition, the intact participants had significantly less tracer uptake, whereas MCI and AD participants were comparable. For total hippocampal volumes, all three groups were significantly different in the expected direction (intactâ>âMCIâ>âAD). For APOE É4, the intact had significantly fewer copies of É4 than MCI and AD. The effect sizes of the baseline cognitive scores and practice effects were comparable, and they were significantly larger than effect sizes of biomarkers in 7 of the 9 comparisons.Conclusion:
Baseline cognition and short-term practice effects appear to be sensitive markers in late life cognitive disorders, as they separated groups better than commonly-used biomarkers in AD. Further development of baseline cognition and short-term practice effects as tools for clinical diagnosis, prognostic indication, and enrichment of clinical trials seems warranted.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Biomarcadores
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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Disfunción Cognitiva
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Pruebas Neuropsicológicas
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Alzheimers Dis
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos