Emergence of mild cognitive impairment in late middle-aged adults in the wisconsin registry for Alzheimer’s prevention.

Koscik, R., R. La, E. Jonaitis, O. Okonkwo, S. Johnson, B. Bendlin, B. Hermann, and M. Sager. “Emergence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Late Middle-Aged Adults in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention.”. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Vol. 38, no. 1-2, 2014, pp. 16-30.

It is difficult to reliably detect the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-associated cognitive impairment. Our aim was to compare 3 psychometric methods of identifying amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) in a middle-aged longitudinal cohort enriched for AD risk.

DOI: 10.1159/000355682

PubMed: 24556849