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Sex Differences in Cognitive Changes in De Novo Parkinson’s Disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 December 2019
Abstract
To evaluate the sex differences in cognitive course over 4 years in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared to controls.
Four-year longitudinal cognitive scores of 257 cognitively intact PD, 167 PD-MCI, and 140 controls from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative were included. Longitudinal scores of men and women, and PD with and without MCI were compared.
Women had better verbal memory, men had better visuospatial function. There was no interaction between sex, diagnostic group, and/or time (4-year follow-up period).
Sex differences in cognitive course in de novo PD are similar to healthy aging. Cognitive decline rates in PD with and without MCI are similar for the first 4 years of PD.
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- Brief Communication
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- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 241 - 249
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- Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019
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