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To evaluate the rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia across longitudinal inception cohort studies.

February 19, 2009Acta Psychiatrica ScandinavicaOpen Access

Rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia – meta‐analysis of 41 robust inception cohort studies

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AMAlex J. MitchellOregon National Primate Research Center MSM. Shiri‐FeshkiNottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Meta-analysis reveals low conversion rates in mild cognitive impairment, indicating that most individuals do not develop dementia even after ten years of follow-up.

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To evaluate the rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia across longitudinal inception cohort studies.
Meta-analysis pooling evidence from 41 inception cohort studies.
Assessed longitudinal outcomes and progression up to 10 years of follow-up.
The annual conversion rate (ACR) from mild cognitive impairment to dementia is approximately 5% to 10%.
Most individuals with mild cognitive impairment do not progress to dementia even after 10 years of follow-up.

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Mitchell et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d573efcb7e4bf698cf402f https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01326.x

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Meta-analysis reveals low conversion rates in mild cognitive impairment, indicating that most individuals do not develop dementia even after ten years of follow-up.

Rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia – meta‐analysis of 41 robust inception cohort studies

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Rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia – meta‐analysis of 41 robust inception cohort studies

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