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. 2016 Nov 18:7:11-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2016.10.006. eCollection 2017.

STROKOG (stroke and cognition consortium): An international consortium to examine the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocognitive disorders in relation to cerebrovascular disease

Perminder S Sachdev  1 Jessica W Lo  2 John D Crawford  2 Lisa Mellon  3 Anne Hickey  3 David Williams  4 Régis Bordet  5 Anne-Marie Mendyk  5 Patrick Gelé  6 Dominique Deplanque  6 Hee-Joon Bae  7 Jae-Sung Lim  8 Amy Brodtmann  9 Emilio Werden  9 Toby Cumming  9 Sebastian Köhler  10 Frans R J Verhey  10 Yan-Hong Dong  11 Hui Hui Tan  12 Christopher Chen  13 Xu Xin  13 Raj N Kalaria  14 Louise M Allan  14 Rufus O Akinyemi  15 Adesola Ogunniyi  16 Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec  17 Martin Dichgans  18 Frank A Wollenweber  19 Vera Zietemann  19 Michael Hoffmann  20 David W Desmond  21 Thomas Linden  22 Christian Blomstrand  23 Björn Fagerberg  24 Ingmar Skoog  25 Olivier Godefroy  26 Mélanie Barbay  26 Martine Roussel  26 Byung-Chul Lee  8 Kyung-Ho Yu  8 Joanna Wardlaw  27 Stephen J Makin  28 Fergus N Doubal  27 Francesca M Chappell  27 Velandai K Srikanth  29 Amanda G Thrift  30 Geoffrey A Donnan  9 Nagaendran Kandiah  31 Russell J Chander  31 Xuling Lin  31 Charlotte Cordonnier  5 Solene Moulin  5 Costanza Rossi  5 Behnam Sabayan  32 David J Stott  33 J Wouter Jukema  34 Susanna Melkas  35 Hanna Jokinen  35 Timo Erkinjuntti  35 Vincent C T Mok  36 Adrian Wong  36 Bonnie Y K Lam  36 Didier Leys  5 Hilde Hénon  5 Stéphanie Bombois  5 Darren M Lipnicki  2 Nicole A Kochan  2 STROKOG
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STROKOG (stroke and cognition consortium): An international consortium to examine the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocognitive disorders in relation to cerebrovascular disease

Perminder S Sachdev et al. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). .

Abstract

Introduction: The Stroke and Cognition consortium (STROKOG) aims to facilitate a better understanding of the determinants of vascular contributions to cognitive disorders and help improve the diagnosis and treatment of vascular cognitive disorders (VCD).

Methods: Longitudinal studies with ≥75 participants who had suffered or were at risk of stroke or TIA and which evaluated cognitive function were invited to join STROKOG. The consortium will facilitate projects investigating rates and patterns of cognitive decline, risk factors for VCD, and biomarkers of vascular dementia.

Results: Currently, STROKOG includes 25 (21 published) studies, with 12,092 participants from five continents. The duration of follow-up ranges from 3 months to 21 years.

Discussion: Although data harmonization will be a key challenge, STROKOG is in a unique position to reuse and combine international cohort data and fully explore patient level characteristics and outcomes. STROKOG could potentially transform our understanding of VCD and have a worldwide impact on promoting better vascular cognitive outcomes.

Keywords: Cohort studies; Data harmonization; International consortium; Post-stroke dementia; Small vessel disease; Vascular cognitive disorder; Vascular dementia.

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