Relationship between motoric cognitive risk syndrome, cardiovascular risk factors and disease, and incident cognitive impairment: Results from the “NuAge” study

Both subjective cognitive complaint (SCC) and slow gait speed have been independently associated with incident cognitive impairment [1,2]. This association is stronger when SCC is combined with slow gait speed compared to SCC or slow gait speed alone and characterizes motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) in individuals free of dementia and gait disability [3]. A recent meta-analysis showed that the risk for incident cognitive impairment is doubled in individuals with MCR compared to those without MCR [3].

Source: Maturitas - May 14, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Olivier Beauchet, Harmehr Sekhon, Cyrille P Launay, Pierrette Gaudrea, Jos é A. Morais, Gilles Allali Source Type: research