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To examine the relationships between lifelong cognitive reserve, mild cognitive impairment, and domain-specific cognitive function while accounting for Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers.

January 10, 2025Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Associations between lifelong cognitive reserve, Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers, and cognitive function in dementia-free older adults: A population-based study

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XHXiaojuan HanUniversity of Nottingham Ningbo China YLYuanjing LiShihezi University JWJiafeng WangGuangxi University

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Cross-sectional study uncovers links between higher cognitive reserve and lower impairment risk in older adults, suggesting protective effects independent of Alzheimer biomarkers.

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To examine the relationships between lifelong cognitive reserve, mild cognitive impairment, and domain-specific cognitive function while accounting for Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers.
Analyzed 4,706 dementia-free older adults from the population-based MIND-China study, with Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarker data available for a subset of 1,204 participants.
Constructed a composite cognitive reserve score via structural equation modeling integrating education, occupational complexity, late-life mental activity, and social support.
Evaluated mild cognitive impairment using Petersen's criteria and assessed cognitive domains using a neuropsychological test battery with general linear and logistic regression models.
Higher composite cognitive reserve scores were significantly associated with superior performance across all cognitive domains and lower odds of mild cognitive impairment, amnestic MCI, and non-amnestic MCI (p < 0.05).
Controlling for plasma biomarkers, higher educational attainment was associated with better performance in all cognitive domains (p < 0.001) and reduced likelihood of all MCI subtypes (p < 0.05).
Late-life mental activity was associated with reduced likelihoods of MCI and amnestic MCI (p < 0.05), whereas midlife occupational complexity and late-life social support showed no significant associations (p > 0.05).

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Han et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a802b0f2ea91e47663d4454 https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877241306448

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Cross-sectional study uncovers links between higher cognitive reserve and lower impairment risk in older adults, suggesting protective effects independent of Alzheimer biomarkers.

Associations between lifelong cognitive reserve, Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers, and cognitive function in dementia-free older adults: A population-based study

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Associations between lifelong cognitive reserve, Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers, and cognitive function in dementia-free older adults: A population-based study

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