title: MCI of different etiologies differ on the Cognitive Assessment Battery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to investigate whether patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who have significant vascular disease (MCI-vas) differ from those with no significant vascular disease (MCI-nov) in terms of cognitive profile when assessed with the cognitive assessment battery (CAB).
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy patients clinically diagnosed with MCI were included in the study, 32 were classified as MCI-vas, and 38 as MCI-nov, together with 40 healthy controls. CAB consists of six short tests measuring speed and attention, memory, visuospatial functions, language, and executive functions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The healthy controls performed better than both MCI groups on CAB. MCI-vas patients were significantly older and had fewer years of education than MCI-nov patients. When adjusted for age and education, MCI-vas performed significantly worse than MCI-nov on memory, language, and executive tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that CAB can differentiate between MCI patients with and without vascular disease and that their cognitive profiles differ. Furthermore, CAB classified the patients as vascular and non-vascular MCI with good sensitivity and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nyström
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nordlund
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: dementia; mild cognitive impairment; neuropsychology; vascular disease