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O1‐04‐02: Type 1 diabetes and risk of dementia in late life: The kaiser diabetes and cognitive aging study
Author(s) -
Whitmer Rachel A.,
Biessels Geert Jan,
Quesenberry Charles P.,
Liu Jennifer Y.,
Karter Andrew J.,
Beeri Michal
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.07.046
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , type 1 diabetes , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , confidence interval , disease , pediatrics , endocrinology
to find additional differences between the groups and to create reliable norms for several cognitive measures. Conclusions:Differences in neuropsychological test performance in the domain of executive functioning were found between Aband Ab+ groups. This indicates that normative data for cognitive tests, which take amyloid status into account, are needed to improve diagnostic accuracy of preclinical AD.