ArticleNeurology2020
Association of anticholinergic medications and AD biomarkers with incidence of MCI among cognitively normal older adults.
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- The Prognostic Utility of Anticholinergic Burden Scales: An Integrative Review and Gap Analysis.Drugs & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Anticholinergic burden (prognostic factor) for prediction of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults with no known cognitive syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Cumulative anticholinergic exposure and white matter hyperintensity burden in community-dwelling older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
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- Clinical predictors of Alzheimer's disease-like brain atrophy in individuals with memory complaints.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Development and Pilot Testing of an Algorithm-Based Approach to Anticholinergic Deprescribing in Older Patients.Drugs & aging · 2024Article
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- The A-to-Z factors associated with cognitive impairment. Results of the DeCo study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Pharmacist-driven interventions to de-escalate urinary antimuscarinics in the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Observational
- Addressing Psychosocial Factors in Cognitive Impairment Screening from a Holistic Perspective: The DeCo-Booklet Methodology Design and Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- CRIDECO Anticholinergic Load Scale: An Updated Anticholinergic Burden Scale. Comparison with the ACB Scale in Spanish Individuals with Subjective Memory Complaints.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Benzodiazepine use and the risk of dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2022Article
- Anticholinergic Drug Burden and Neurocognitive Performance in the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2022Article
- The cognitive effect of anticholinergics for patients with overactive bladder.Nature reviews. Urology · 2021Review
- Pharmacists' Knowledge of Factors Associated with Dementia: The A-to-Z Dementia Knowledge List.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the cognitive consequences of anticholinergic medications (aCH) in cognitively normal older adults as well as interactive effects of genetic and CSF Alzheimer disease (AD) risk factors.
methodsA total of 688 cognitively normal participants from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative were evaluated (mean age 73.5 years, 49.6% female). Cox regression examined risk of progression to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) over a 10-year period and linear mixed effects models examined 3-year rates of decline in memory, executive function, and language as a function of aCH. Interactions with
resultsaCH+ participants had increased risk of progression to MCI (hazard ratio [HR] 1.47,
conclusionsaCH increased risk of incident MCI and cognitive decline, and effects were significantly enhanced among individuals with genetic risk factors and CSF-based AD pathophysiologic markers. Findings underscore the adverse impact of aCH medications on cognition and the need for deprescribing trials, particularly among individuals with elevated risk for AD.
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