Martina Azar1, Silvia Chapman2, Yian Gu2, James B Leverenz3, Yaakov Stern2, Stephanie Cosentino2. 1. Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 2. Cognitive Neuroscience Division, Department of Neurology, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. 3. Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Clinical differentiation between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD with Lewy body disease (LBD) is relatively imprecise. The current study examined pathologically confirmed group differences in neuropsychological functioning, and the classification ability of specific tests. METHODS: Fifty-one participants with postmortem diagnoses of AD (n = 34) and AD plus LBD (n = 17) were drawn from the Predictors Study. One-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and χ2 analyses examined group differences in neuropsychological performance. Binary logistic regressions examined predictive utility of specific tests for pathological diagnosis. RESULTS: Individuals with AD had better visuoconstruction (P = .006), phonemic fluency (P = .08), and processing speed than AD plus LBD (P = .013). No differences were found in memory, naming, semantic fluency, or set-switching. Processing speed and visuoconstruction predicted pathologic group (P = .03). DISCUSSION: Processing speed and visuoconstruction predicted postmortem diagnosis of AD versus AD plus LBD. Current results offer guidance in the selection and interpretation of neuropsychological tests to be used in the differential diagnosis of early dementia.
INTRODUCTION: Clinical differentiation between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD with Lewy body disease (LBD) is relatively imprecise. The current study examined pathologically confirmed group differences in neuropsychological functioning, and the classification ability of specific tests. METHODS: Fifty-one participants with postmortem diagnoses of AD (n = 34) and AD plus LBD (n = 17) were drawn from the Predictors Study. One-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and χ2 analyses examined group differences in neuropsychological performance. Binary logistic regressions examined predictive utility of specific tests for pathological diagnosis. RESULTS: Individuals with AD had better visuoconstruction (P = .006), phonemic fluency (P = .08), and processing speed than AD plus LBD (P = .013). No differences were found in memory, naming, semantic fluency, or set-switching. Processing speed and visuoconstruction predicted pathologic group (P = .03). DISCUSSION: Processing speed and visuoconstruction predicted postmortem diagnosis of AD versus AD plus LBD. Current results offer guidance in the selection and interpretation of neuropsychological tests to be used in the differential diagnosis of early dementia.
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