ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2023
Is the association between cognitive disease progression and atrial fibrillation modified by sex?
Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Recent-onset atrial fibrillation: challenges and opportunities.European heart journal · 2026Review
- Risk factors for dementia and cognitive impairment within 5 years after stroke: a prospective multicentre cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Temporal Trends in the Association Between Female Sex and Ischemic Stroke Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Medical Comorbidities in Alzheimer's Disease: An Autopsy Confirmed Study with a Focus on Sex-Differences?Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment: mechanisms, influencing factors, and prospects.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- The Role ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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introductionIt is unclear if sex differences exist in cognitive disease progression in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia associated with atrial fibrillation (AF).
methodsUsing a variety of statistical methods, we examined sex differences between AF and neuropsychological tests and cognitive disease progression, using the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data (N = 43,630).
resultsAF is associated with higher odds of dementia (odds ratio [OR] 3.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.22, 7.37] in women and MCI in women (OR 3.43, 95% CI [1.55, 7.55]) versus men. Women with AF and normal baseline cognition had a higher risk of disease progression (hazard ratio [HR] 1.26, 95% CI [1.06, 1.50]) from normal to MCI and from MCI to vascular dementia (HR3.27, 95% CI [1.89, 5.65]) than men with AF or men and women without AF. DISCUSSION: AF was associated with more rapid progression to MCI and dementia in women, but more research is needed to confirm these findings.
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