Archives of Neurology 2009 (Vol. 66 No. 9) contents page

Fade Fave: Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia in Clinic- vs Community-Based Cohorts

Fade Skinny: Mild cognitive impairment is increasingly recognized as an important public health problem associated with increased risk of developing dementia. This study aims to establish whether the rates of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia differed according to recruitment source and, if so, to investigate factors that might explain this discrepancy. It suggests that the degree of functional impairment at baseline is an important predictor of conversion to dementia and may help explain differences in findings between epidemiological and clinic-based studies.

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