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Associations Between Performance on an Abbreviated CogState Battery, Other Measures of Cognitive Function, and Biomarkers in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
  • Annie M. Racine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lindsay R. Clark, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Sara C. Berman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Rebecca L. Koscik, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Kimberly D. Mueller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Derek Norton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Christopher R. Nicholas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Kaj Blennow, University of Gothenburg
  • Henrik Zetterberg, University of Gothenburg
  • Bruno M. Jedynak, Portland State University
  • Murat Bilgel, Johns Hopkins University
  • Cynthia M. Carlsson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Bradley T. Christian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Sanjay Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Sterling C. Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Subjects
  • Cognition -- Measurement,
  • Cognition -- Testing,
  • Alzheimer's disease -- Risk factors,
  • Biochemical markers
Disciplines
Abstract

It is not known whether computerized cognitive assessments, like the CogState battery, are sensitive to preclinical cognitive changes or pathology in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease(AD). In 469 late middle-aged participants from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention(mean age 63.8±7 years at testing; 67% female; 39% APOE4+), we examined relationships between a CogState abbreviated battery(CAB) of seven tests and demographic characteristics, traditional paper-based neuropsychological tests as well as a composite cognitive impairment index, cognitive impairment status(determined by consensus review), and biomarkers for amyloid and tau(CSF phosphorylated-tau/Aβ42 and global PET-PiB burden) and neural injury(CSF neurofilament light protein). CSF and PET-PiB were collected in n = 71 and n = 91 participants, respectively, approximately four years prior to CAB testing. For comparison, we examined three traditional tests of delayed memory in parallel. Similar to studies in older samples, the CAB was less influenced by demographic factors than traditional tests. CAB tests were generally correlated with most paper-based cognitive tests examined and mapped onto the same cognitive domains. Greater composite cognitive impairment index was associated with worse performance on all CAB tests. Cognitively impaired participants performed significantly worse compared to normal controls on all but one CAB test. Poorer One Card Learning test performance was associated with higher levels of CSF phosphorylated-tau/Aβ42. These results support the use of the CogState battery as measures of early cognitive impairment in studies of people at risk for AD.

Description

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.

A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2016 October 18; 54(4): 1395–1408 and can be found online at: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-160528

DOI
10.3233/JAD-160528
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18544
Citation Information
Annie M. Racine, Lindsay R. Clark, Sara C. Berman, Rebecca L. Koscik, et al.. "Associations Between Performance on an Abbreviated CogState Battery, Other Measures of Cognitive Function, and Biomarkers in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease" (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bruno-jedynak/1/