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In November, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center researchers announced they created a tool that can predict someone’s risk of cognitive impairment. The research was published in The Lancet Neurology using data from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, a long-term study focused on residents living in Olmsted County, Minnesota and studying how they age.
The prediction model uses several factors including:
- Age
- Sex
- Genetic risk (determined by APOE genotype)
- Brain amyloid levels (determined through PET scans)
Using these factors, the model calculates both someone’s risk of developing dementia within ten years and over their lifetime.
It is important to note that this is still a research tool and is not something used in a clinic. If you would like to learn more about the predictor tool, the Mayo Clinic News Network has a helpful article which describes it in more detail.
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This article was very interesting! And thank you for giving the link to the entire article
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1 ReactionHmmm. I must have cognitive decline because I can’t find the link to the article lol. Can anyone guide me? It sounds very interesting
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1 Reaction@laura1970 If you click on the word "article" in the last sentence, it will take you to the article. I have also provided the hyperlink below:
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-scientists-create-tool-to-predict-alzheimers-risk-years-before-symptoms-begin/
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1 Reaction@nrethemeier thank you🩷
What great progress to find a place that gives everyone more time in the process.
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2 ReactionsInformative article.
I have been diagnosed with MCI. I asked my neurologist about the new blood test and scans to test how bad my brain could be. She said she routinely does not do most of these tests due to getting many false positives. She did not say which tests she was talking about.
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3 ReactionsI DON' T Want to know !!!!
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1 ReactionMy mother is in the throes of moderate Alzheimer’s. Both my grandmothers died with Alzheimer’s. My paternal great grandmother died of Alzheimer’s. My mother was heterozygous for the ApoE 4 gene. I am 55 and every senior moment triggers me a little
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4 Reactions@phxbarb Understand! However, if there's an issue it will ultimately become obvious. And , you may have lost valuable time in which to start treatment. I complained to my doc that my memory was worsening, and she did the simple MOCA exam. I scored in such a way to follow-with more thorough testing. I am glad I did because I had early-onset Alzheimer's.
I immediately began treatment and now have just started infusions which can slow down the progress. That's a window of opportunity I very glad I had. Maureen
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