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Kryscio RJ, Abner EL, Jicha GA, et al. Self-Reported Memory Complaints: A Comparison of Demented and Unimpaired Outcomes. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2016;3(1):13-19doi: 10.14283/jpad.2015.74.
Kryscio, R. J., Abner, E. L., Jicha, G. A., Nelson, P. T., Smith, C. D., Van Eldik, L. J., Lou, W., Fardo, D. W., Cooper, G. E., & Schmitt, F. A. (2016). Self-Reported Memory Complaints: A Comparison of Demented and Unimpaired Outcomes. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 3(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2015.74
Kryscio, R J, et al. "Self-Reported Memory Complaints: A Comparison of Demented and Unimpaired Outcomes." The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease vol. 3,1 (2016): 13-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2015.74
Kryscio RJ, Abner EL, Jicha GA, Nelson PT, Smith CD, Van Eldik LJ, Lou W, Fardo DW, Cooper GE, Schmitt FA. Self-Reported Memory Complaints: A Comparison of Demented and Unimpaired Outcomes. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Mar;3(1):13-19. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2015.74. PMID: 27019842; PMCID: PMC4807968.
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J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Mar;3(1):13-19. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2015.74.

Self-Reported Memory Complaints: A Comparison of Demented and Unimpaired Outcomes.

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease

R J Kryscio, E L Abner, G A Jicha, P T Nelson, C D Smith, L J Van Eldik, W Lou, D W Fardo, G E Cooper, F A Schmitt

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PMID: 27019842 PMCID: PMC4807968 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2015.74

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Subjective memory complaints are common in aged persons, indicating an increased, but incompletely understood, risk for dementia.

OBJECTIVE: To compare cognitive trajectories and autopsy results of individuals with subjective complaints after stratifying by whether a subsequent clinical dementia occurred.

DESIGN: Observational study.

SETTING: University of Kentucky cohort with yearly longitudinal assessments and eventual autopsies.

PARTICIPANTS: Among 516 patients who were cognitively intact and depression-free at enrollment, 296 declared a memory complaint during follow-up. Among those who came to autopsy, 118 died but never developed dementia, while 36 died following dementia diagnosis.

MEASUREMENTS: Cognitive domain trajectories were compared using linear mixed models adjusted for age, gender, years of education and APOE status. Neuropathological findings were compared cross-sectionally after adjustment for age at death.

RESULTS: While the groups had comparable cognitive test scores at enrollment and the time of the first declaration of a complaint, the group with subsequent dementia development had steeper slopes of decline in episodic memory and naming but not fluency or sequencing. Autopsies showed the dementia group had more severe Alzheimer pathology and a higher proportion of subjects with hippocampal sclerosis of aging and arteriolosclerosis, whereas the non-demented group had a higher proportion expressing primary age related tauopathy (PART).

CONCLUSIONS: While memory complaints are common among the elderly, not all individuals progress to dementia. This study indicates that biomarkers are needed to predict whether a complaint will lead to dementia if this is used as enrollment criteria in future clinical trials.

Keywords: Subjective memory complaints; cognitive trajectories; impairment status; neuropathology

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