Are vascular brain injury and neurodegeneration associated with cognitive trajectory in cognitively normal individuals?
Vascular diseases act as risk factors for later-life dementia independent of amyloid status.
Vascular brain injury and neurodegeneration are associated with baseline cognitive performance and the rate of longitudinal change independent of amyloid status among community-dwelling, ethnicity diverse cognitively normal individuals, supporting the role of vascular diseases as risk factors for later-life dementia.
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