Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-11-2019
Publication Title
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
First page number:
1
Last page number:
9
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the sex differences in cognitive course over 4 years in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared to controls. Methods: Four-year longitudinal cognitive scores of 257 cognitively intact PD, 167 PD-MCI, and 140 controls from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative were included. Longitudinal scores of men and women, and PD with and without MCI were compared. Results: Women had better verbal memory, men had better visuospatial function. There was no interaction between sex, diagnostic group, and/or time (4-year follow-up period). Conclusions: Sex differences in cognitive course in de novo PD are similar to healthy aging. Cognitive decline rates in PD with and without MCI are similar for the first 4 years of PD.
Keywords
Parkinson’s disease; Cognition; Sex; Longitudinal studies; Memory; Decline
Disciplines
Psychiatric and Mental Health
File Format
File Size
287 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Bayram, E.,
Banks, S. J.,
Shan, G.,
Kaplan, N.,
Caldwell, J. Z.
(2019).
Sex Differences in Cognitive Changes in De Novo Parkinson’s Disease.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
1-9.
Cambridge University Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617719001085