Sex differences in memory clinic patients with possible vascular cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We aimed to establish sex differences in vascular brain damage of memory clinic patients with possible vascular cognitive impairment (VCI).

Methods

A total of 860 memory clinic patients (aged 67.7 ± 8.5; 46% female) with cognitive complaints and vascular brain damage (ie, possible VCI) from the prospective TRACE-VCI (Utrecht-Amsterdam Clinical Features and Prognosis in Vascular Cognitive Impairment) cohort study with 2-year follow-up were included. Age-adjusted female-to-male differences were calculated with general linear models, for demographic variables, vascular risk factors, clinical diagnosis, cognitive performance, and brain magnetic resonance imaging markers.

Results

We found no difference in age nor distribution of clinical diagnoses between fema

SUBMITTER: Exalto LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7447910 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature