August 1, 2025Alzheimer s & DementiaOpen Access

Late‐life emergence of neuropsychiatric symptoms and risk of cognitive impairment in cognitively unimpaired individuals

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TKTherese H. KimUniversity of California, Irvine EHElizabeth HeadUniversity of California, Irvine CSCraig E.L. StarkUniversity of California, Irvine

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Investigation shows emergent neuropsychiatric symptoms increase cognitive impairment risk in cognitively unimpaired individuals, suggesting a need for enhanced monitoring.

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Emergent neuropsychiatric symptoms significantly increase the risk of cognitive impairment in older adults, leading to vital early detection opportunities.
Participants exhibiting significant neuropsychiatric symptoms had a 3.92-fold increased risk of cognitive impairment over an average follow-up of 8.1 years.
Observational analysis tracked 190 cognitively unimpaired individuals, focusing on the role of neuropsychiatric symptoms as early clinical indicators.
Study findings highlight the potential to improve cognitive outcome predictions by integrating clinical symptoms with neurobiological markers, like Alzheimer's biomarkers.

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Kim et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af7c997567bf4f94ff44c4 https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70619

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Investigation shows emergent neuropsychiatric symptoms increase cognitive impairment risk in cognitively unimpaired individuals, suggesting a need for enhanced monitoring.

Late‐life emergence of neuropsychiatric symptoms and risk of cognitive impairment in cognitively unimpaired individuals

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Late‐life emergence of neuropsychiatric symptoms and risk of cognitive impairment in cognitively unimpaired individuals

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