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P3‐128: Differences in MRI measures of brain volume, white matter hyperintensities and infarcts in Chinese: The Shanghai Community Brain Health Initiative (SCOBHI)
Author(s) -
DeCarli Charles,
Borenstein Amy,
He Jing,
Ding Ding,
Lee Dong Young,
Martinez Oliver,
Carmichael Owen,
Mortimer James A.,
Zhao Qianhua,
Guo Qihao,
Galasko Douglas,
Salmon David,
Dai Qi,
Wu Yougui,
Petersen Ronald,
Hong Zhen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.1103
Subject(s) - hyperintensity , dementia , medicine , cognitive impairment , clinical dementia rating , etiology , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , disease
asked to choose from five types of memory complaint: ‘‘forget names’’, ‘‘forget objects position’’, ‘‘forget recent events’’, ‘‘difficulties in word finding’’, ‘‘and difficulties in ADL’’ (score 0-5). Regression analysis was performed to explore correlations. Results: 788 people, 55+ presented for memory evaluation of which 64.8% were women. Over 90% scored normally in all cognitive tests. 69.4% reported memory dysfunction as the main reason for participation. Age has a negative impact on all memory tests scores while years of schooling a positive one. The probability of reporting at least one memory complaint increases with GDS scores and does not depend on cognitive tests’ performance. Conclusions: Our results suggest that as expected demographic characteristics affect the results of cognitive tests. Memory complaints in the elderly are bad predictors for memory deficits confirmed by cognitive tests. These complaints could be interpreted as a sign of depression. Nevertheless, increase in the number of complaints is related to actual memory dysfunction.