Abstract
Background: Etiologic differences in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subtypes may impact mortality. Objective: To assess the rate of death in MCI overall, and by subtype, in the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. Methods: Participants aged 70-89 years at enrollment were clinically evaluated at baseline and 15-month intervals to assess diagnoses of MCI and dementia. Mortality in MCI cases versus cognitively normal (CN) individuals was estimated using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Over a median follow-up of 5.8 years, 331 of 862 (38.4%) MCI cases and 224 of 1,292 (17.3%) cognitively normal participants died. Compared to CN individuals, mortality was elevated in persons with MCI (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.79; 95% CI: 1.41 to 2.27), and was higher for non-amnestic MCI (naMCI; HR = 2.40; 95% CI: 1.72 to 3.36) than for amnestic MCI (aMCI; HR = 1.61; 95% CI: 1.25 to 2.09) after adjusting for confounders. Mortality varied significantly by sex, education, history of heart disease, and engaging in moderate physical exercise (p for interaction
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1237-1245 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Alzheimer's Disease |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cohort studies
- incidence studies
- mild cognitive impairment
- mortality
- outcomes research
- prognosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Clinical Psychology