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Comparative Evolution of Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Mixed Dementia

Bowler, J. V., Eliasziw, M., Steenhuis, R., Munoz, D. G., Fry, R., Merskey, H., Hachinski, V. C.·1997·Archives of Neurology
DOI 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550180021007
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the evolution of Alzheimer disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), and mixed dementia by cognitive domain. SETTING: The University of Western Ontario Dementia Study, which is a registry of cases of dementia seen for secondary and tertiary assessment in a university memory disorders clinica with extensive follow-up data and histopathological confirmation of clinical diagnoses. PATIENTS: One hundred twenty-nine patients with definite or probable AD, 12 patients with definite or probable VaD, and 36 patients with definite or probable mixed dementia. METHODS: Patients were grouped as having an early, moderate, or advanced stage of disease according to the extended scale for dementia (ESD). The ESD was subdivided into cognitive domains, and the domain scores were compared for each stage of disease by diagnostic category with the use of a 2-way analysis of variance with repeated measures. RESULTS: As expected, the scores in all domains decreased significantly with increasing severity. There was a significant difference in the decline in memory among the diagnostic groups (P = .02) that was mostly attributable to the difference between AD and mixed dementia (P = .03), with the difference between AD and VaD only approaching significance (P = .06). There was a similar finding for praxis. The interaction between diagnosis (AD and VaD) and severity was significant only for memory (P = .02), showing a less severe memory deficit at onset but a proportionately more rapid progression in VaD and arithmetic ability (AD and mixed dementia [P = .03]). CONCLUSIONS: Alzheimer disease, VaD, and mixed dementia evolve similarly as assessed using cognitive domains obtained by subdivision of the ESD in a patient population derived from a memory clinic and by analyzing VaD as a single entity. Only memory impairment evolves differently between AD and VaD, with this depending on the severity. Memory is more severely impaired in the early stage of AD; however, with increasing severity of dementia, memory impairment in VaD accelerates and catches up with AD at the level of moderate impairment. The differences between AD and mixed dementia are greater than those between mixed dementia and VaD, suggesting an important role for the ischemic component of mixed dementia. Simple neuropsychological tools (eg, the ESD) may be incapable of distinguishing between AD and VaD, and more focused instruments may be required. Inherent bias in case selection may prevent extrapolation of these results to VaD in general, but the neuropsychological criteria for VaD may need to vary, depending on the severity.

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Authors
Bowler, J. V., Eliasziw, M., Steenhuis, R., Munoz, D. G., Fry, R., Merskey, H., & Hachinski, V. C.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
ORCID
Hachinski, V. C.
Venue
Archives of Neurology
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Published
1997-06-01
Volume
54
Issue
6
Pages
697-703
ISSN
0003-9942 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1001/archneur.1997.00550180021007
OpenAlex
W2020265866
Cited by
75
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2
FWCI
4.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, mixed dementia, dementia progression, cognitive domain, memory impairment, praxis, arithmetic skills, disease severity, differential diagnosis of dementia
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Analysis of Variance, Cognition, Dementia, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Dementia, Vascular

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