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. 2024 Jan 31:15:1336385.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1336385. eCollection 2024.

Prevalence, cognitive characteristics, and influencing factors of amnestic mild cognitive impairment among older adults residing in an urban community in Chengdu, China

Shan Rao #  1   2 , Yan Cai #  3 , Zhujun Zhong  4 , Tianyuan Gou  2 , Yangyang Wang  4 , Shiyi Liao  4 , Peiyuan Qiu  4 , Weihong Kuang  1
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Prevalence, cognitive characteristics, and influencing factors of amnestic mild cognitive impairment among older adults residing in an urban community in Chengdu, China

Shan Rao et al. Front Neurol. .

Abstract

Objective: Dementia is a significant public health concern, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) serves as a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia. Among the various types of MCI, amnestic MCI (aMCI) has been identified as having a higher likelihood of progressing to Alzheimer's dimension. However, limited research has been conducted on the prevalence of aMCI in China. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of aMCI, examine its cognitive characteristics, and identify associated risk factors.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated a sample of 368 older adults aged 60 years and above in the urban communities of Chengdu, China. The participants underwent a battery of neuropsychological assessments, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), Wechsler's Logical Memory Task (LMT), Boston Naming Test (BNT) and Trail Making Test Part A (TMT-A). Social information was collected by standard questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analysis was utilized to screen for the risk and protective factors of aMCI.

Results: The data analysis included 309 subjects with normal cognitive function and 59 with aMCI, resulting in a prevalence of 16.0% for aMCI. The average age of participants was 69.06 ± 7.30 years, with 56.0% being females. After controlling for age, gender and education, the Spearman partial correlation coefficient between various cognitive assessments and aMCI ranged from -0.52 for the long-term delayed recall scores in AVLT to 0.19 for the time-usage scores in TMT-A. The results indicated that all cognitive domains, except for naming scores (after semantic cue of BNT) and error quantity (in TMT-A), showed statistically significant associations with aMCI. Furthermore, the multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that older age (OR = 1.044, 95%CI: 1.002~1.087), lower educational level, and diabetes (OR = 2.450, 95%CI: 1.246~4.818) were risk factors of aMCI.

Conclusion: This study found a high prevalence of aMCI among older adults in Chengdu, China. Individuals with aMCI exhibited lower cognitive function in memory, language, and executive domains, with long-term delayed recall showing the strongest association. Clinicians should prioritize individuals with verbal learning and memory difficulties, especially long-term delayed recall, in clinical practice.

Keywords: Chinese; amnestic mild cognitive impairment; neurocognitive function; older adults; prevalence.

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