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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

Reference interval and the role of plasma oligomeric beta amyloid in screening of risk groups for cognitive dysfunction at health checkups.

Eun-Hee Nah, Seon Cho, Hyeran Park, Dongwon Noh, Inhwan Hwang, Han-Ik Cho

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eun-Hee NahDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-4364
Seon ChoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.
Hyeran ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.
Dongwon NohDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.
Inhwan HwangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.
Han-Ik ChoMEDIcheck LAB, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea.
Korea Health Promotion Institute · KRKorea Association of Health Promotion · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) has a prolonged preclinical stage characterized by cognitive dysfunction. Simple, reliable, and noninvasive biomarkers reflecting the pathogenesis of AD are needed for screening cognitive dysfunction in primary health care. The aims of this study were to determine (1) the potential utility of the Multimer Detection System-Oligomeric Amyloid-β (MDS-OAβ) value in cognitive assessments and (2) the reference interval (RI) of plasma MDS-OAβ values in the general population.

methodsThis prospective study consecutively recruited 1,594 participants who underwent health checkups including cognitive function examination at 16 health-promotion centers in Korea between December 2020 and January 2021. The inBlood

resultsThe median MDS-OAβ value was higher in subjects with Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire-Cognition (KDSQ-C) scores ≥8 than in those with KDSQ-C scores of 6-7 (P = 0.013). The median MDS-OAβ value was higher in subjects with Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS) scores of 21-26 than in those with MMSE-DS scores ≥27 (P = 0.011). The RI (one-side upper 95th percentile) of the MDS-OAβ value was 0.80 ng/mL (95% confidence interval = 0.78-0.82) in those aged ≥50 years.

conclusionsThe plasma MDS-OAβ value reflects cognitive function as assessed using the KDSQ-C and MMSE-DS. RIs obtained from a large and cognitively healthy community-based sample are presented.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesReference ValuesRepublic of KoreaRisk FactorsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersAlzheimer's diseasecognitive assessmentmultimer detection systemoligomeric amyloid-βreference interval

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PMID34342379
PMCPMC8418474
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