Sponsor
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (SCJ, AG021155, AG027161), (SA, AG000213, P50 AG033514), and (BBB, AG037639); by P30 HD003352; by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1RR025011) to the University of Wisconsin, Madison; by the Neuroscience & Public Policy Program (RK, SES-0849122); by the Neuroscience Training Program (MH, T32GM007507); by the Medical Scientist Training Program (T32GM008692); by the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute Lou Holland Fund; and by the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Brain Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and Torsten Söderberg’s Foundation to the University of Gothenburg.
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2016
Subjects
Cognition -- Measurement, Cognition -- Testing, Alzheimer's disease -- Risk factors, Biochemical markers
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.
DOI
10.3233/JAD-160528
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18544
Citation Details
Racine, Annie M.; Clark, Lindsay R.; Berman, Sara C.; Koscik, Rebecca L.; Mueller, Kimberly D.; Norton, Derek; Nicholas, Christopher R.; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Jedynak, Bruno M.; Bilgel, Murat; Carlsson, Cynthia M.; Christian, Bradley T.; Asthana, Sanjay; and Johnson, Sterling C., "Associations Between Performance on an Abbreviated CogState Battery, Other Measures of Cognitive Function, and Biomarkers in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease" (2016). Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations. 160.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18544
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