Why the study?
Is greater carotid intima-media thickness associated with the progression of cognitive impairment to MCI or dementia in older adults?
Population
348 older adults who were nondemented at baseline, from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging.
Comparison
Greater baseline carotid intima-media thickness vs Lower baseline carotid intima-media thickness
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May flag higher progression risk for monitoring; extends vascular-cognitive associations in cohorts but leaves causal utility open.
Is greater carotid intima-media thickness associated with the progression of cognitive impairment to MCI or dementia in older adults?
Greater baseline carotid intima-media thickness is an independent predictor of cognitive decline and progression to dementia in older adults.
Moon et al. (2015) studied this question.
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